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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some time between 25 of June (the approximate date of the battle of sherston) and 18 October (the date of the later Battle of Assandun) between the English...
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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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Edmund Ironside (redirect from Edmund II of England)
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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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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North Sea Empire (redirect from Empire of the North Sea)
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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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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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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determines the balance of power in the Loire Valley. October 18 – Battle of Assandun: Cnut defeats Edmund Ironside, leaving the latter as king of Wessex. November...
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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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piece of stone. Throkell the Tall potentially fought for the Danish. The West Saxons' victory was cancelled out by their later loss at Assandun. 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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Viking activity in the British Isles (redirect from Viking invasion of 789)
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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Æthelred the Unready (redirect from Aethelred II of England)
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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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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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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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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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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Anglo-Saxon London (redirect from Laws of London)
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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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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king. Swein's son Cnut invaded England and defeated Edmund at the Battle of Assandun. Afterward, the two divided England, with Edmund ruling Wessex and...
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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...
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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 sometime between...
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The Battle of Maldon took place on 10 or 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
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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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Wendreda (category Female saints of medieval England)
them into battle, in the hope that they would bring him victory against the Danes. But Canute captured the relics at the Battle of Assandun and later...
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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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Edmund the Martyr (redirect from Edmund of East Anglia)
consecrated on the 16th anniversary of the Battle of Assandun, which took place on 18 October 1016. Edmund's shrine became one of the most famous and wealthy...
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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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October 18 (redirect from 18th of October)
Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun. 1081 – The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire in the Battle of Dyrrhachium. 1281 – Pope Martin IV...
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