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    The Battle of Assandun (or Essendune) was fought between Danish and English armies on 18 October 1016. There is disagreement whether Assandun may be Ashdon...
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    of the later Battle of Assandun) between the English led by Edmund Ironside and the Danes led by Cnut. It was one of a series of battles fought between...
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    Eadric Streona (category Ealdormen of Mercia)
    the successor of the deceased king Æthelred. The decisive battle was fought at Assandun on 18 October 1016. Eadric by that time had returned to his...
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    fighting was done: Edmund fought five battles against the Danes, ending in his defeat on 18 October at the Battle of Assandun, after which they agreed to divide...
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    Edmund at the Battle of Otford; however, following the Danes as they raided into Essex, Edmund was in turn defeated at the Battle of Assandun. He and Cnut...
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    the balance of power in the Loire Valley. October 18 – Battle of Assandun: Cnut the Great defeats Edmund II, leaving the latter as king of Wessex. November...
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    Thorkell the Tall (category Earls and ealdormen of East Anglia)
    part of Cnut's army prior to the Battle of Assandun in 1016, especially considering the former's role in opposing Cnut and his father's invasion of England...
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  • successfully at the Battle of Assandun in 1016 Invasion of England by Norway under Harald Hadrada, September 1066 The 1066 Norman conquest of England under...
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    under the control of the Danish King Cnut, Sweyn's son. After defeating Anglo-Saxon forces at the Battle of Assandun, Cnut became king of England, subsequently...
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    lives. Cnut gained control of most of England after he defeated Edmund Ironside on 18 October 1016, at the Battle of Assandun, after which they agreed to...
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    men. Cnut's invasion continued after the battle and a peace was made after Edmund lost the battle of Assandun later in the year. Under these terms Cnut...
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    of London and a part of the Witan, despite ongoing Danish efforts to wrest the crown from the West Saxons. Following the decisive Battle of Assandun on...
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    between Edmund and Cnut ended in a decisive victory for Cnut at the Battle of Assandun on 18 October 1016. Edmund's reputation as a warrior was such that...
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    Cnut (redirect from Canute of England)
    Edmund's army as they retired towards their ships, leading to the Battle of Assandun, fought at either Ashingdon, in south-east, or Ashdon, in north-west...
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  • The Battle of Tettenhall (sometimes called the Battle of Wednesfield or Wōdnesfeld) took place, according to the chronicler Æthelweard, near Tettenhall...
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    The Battle of Stamford Bridge (Old English: Gefeoht æt Stanfordbrycge) took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England...
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    The Battle of Cynwit or Countisbury Hill took place between West Saxons and Vikings in 878. The location of the fortress the battle is named for is not...
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    Edmund's army as they retired towards their ships, leading to the Battle of Assandun. In the ensuing struggle, Eadric Streona, whose return to the English side...
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    At the Battle of Edington, an army of the kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by the Dane Guthrum on a date between...
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    (Winter): 7. Open Domesday: Ashdon. Accessed 10 June 2023. "Battle Of Assandun: One Of The Great Battles In English History". Ancient Pages. 11 April 2016. Retrieved...
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    Essex Churches website Ashingdon Elim Pentecostal Church Website 1st Ashingdon Scout Group Battle Of Assandun Commemoration Ashingdon in the Domesday Book...
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  • Campaign of Alfred the Great (871–899) Battle of Edington (878) Battle of Cynwit (878) Battle of Assandun (1016) Battle of Fulford (1066) Battle of Stamford...
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    The Battle of Maldon took place on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
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    Battle of Fulford was fought on the outskirts of the village of Fulford just south of York in England, on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway...
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    acts of Ealdorman Eadric of Mercia, who opportunistically changed sides to Cnut's party. After the defeat of the English in the Battle of Assandun in October...
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    The Battle of Ashdown was a West Saxon victory over a Danish Viking army on about 8 January 871. The location of Ashdown is not known, but may be Kingstanding...
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    The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin; Constantine II, King...
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    king. Swein's son Cnut invaded England and defeated Edmund at the Battle of Assandun. Afterwards, the two divided England, with Edmund ruling Wessex and...
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    Essex (redirect from County of Essex)
    three major battles fought with the Norse recorded in Essex; the Battle of Benfleet in 894, the Battle of Maldon in 991 and the Battle of Assandun (probably...
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    defeated Ethelred at the Battle of Assandun in Essex later that year, and became King of England. It is thought that the section of the Kent Road, at Lock...
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