Major conflict878 CE
Battle of Edington
Edington · Wiltshire · Wessex
Estimated casualties
Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.
In May 878, King Alfred the Great of Wessex defeated the Danish Great Heathen Army under Guthrum near Edington in Wiltshire. The victory halted the Viking conquest of Wessex and led to Guthrum's baptism and the Treaty of Wedmore.
Belligerents2
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Great Heathen Army (Danes)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Battle of Edington
- Britannica: Battle of Edington
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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