Regional757 CE

Battle of Seccandun

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United Kingdom

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Seccandun (757), part of the Anglo-Saxon Territorial Wars. Beornred the Usurper defeated King Aethelbald of Mercia.

Belligerents2

Beornred the Usurper
King Aethelbald of Mercia

Conflict graph

PART OFWars of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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