What the records say
- When
- May 878
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 51.44° N, 2.24° W
- Description
- 878 decisive battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings
Battle of Edington
878 battle between Wessex and Vikings
The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took place near Edington in Wiltshire, where Alfred secured a decisive victory that halted the Viking advance into Wessex.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Edington: Supported by all the levies of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, Alfred the Great decisively defeats the main body of Danish Vikings”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “le roi du Wessex Alfred le Grand remporte la bataille d'Ethandun contre les Vikings de Guthrum”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “نبرد ادینگتون: آلفرد کبیر با پشتیبانی تمام نیروهای فراخواندهشده از سامرست، ویلتشایر و همپشایر”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page