Event
Battle of Degsastan: King Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats the combined forces of the Strathclyde Britons and Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin
603 · 55.73° N, 5.03° W
What the records say
- When
- 603
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 55.73° N, 5.03° W
Placed at the area around the district it links, Strathclyde.
Summary
Battle of Degsastan: King Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats the combined forces of the Strathclyde Britons and Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin, establishing the supremacy of the Angles in the northern part of what will become known as the British Isles.
4 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “En Grande-Bretagne, le roi Áedan de Dalriada attaque la Bernicie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Дегсастане: англосаксы во главе с королём Берниции Этельфритом побеждают скоттов во главе с королём Дал Риады Айданом”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batalla de Degsastan: los northumbrianos vencen al rey Gabhrain de Dalriada”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page