Schlacht bei Edington

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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. The engagement followed a period of sustained Danish incursions into Anglo-Saxon territory.

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• Alfred the Great · 849 CE – 899 CE

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