- The
Battle of
Meretun (or Merton)
between a West
Saxon army led by King Æthelred and his brother, the ****ure King
Alfred the Great, and a
Viking army...
- Great.
Heahmund was
consecrated in 867 or 868. He died at the
Battle of
Meretun in 871. As his
death is ****igned to 22
March in the
English calendar of...
-
defeated at Basing.
There was then a lull of two
months until the
Battle of
Meretun, when the
Vikings again prevailed. Soon
after Easter,
which fell on 15...
-
victory proved short-lived, as it was
followed by two defeats, at
Basing and
Meretun. Soon
after Easter,
which fell on 15
April in that year, Æthelred died...
-
Battle of Ashdown, but this was
followed by two
defeats at
Basing and
Meretun. He died
shortly after Easter.
Alfred was
forced to pay off the Vikings...
- Ashdown, but they were then
defeated again at the
battles of
Basing and
Meretun. Soon
after Easter,
which fell on 15
April in that year, Æthelred died...
- Sigeberht,
ambushes and
kills his
rival Cynewulf of Wes****,
while he is at
Meretun (now
called Marten) with his mistress. The Wes****
nobles refuse to recognise...
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Great Heathen Army (865–78)
Alcea York
Englefield Reading Ashdown Basing Meretun Chippenham Edington/Ethandun
Cynwit The
Danelaw (865–954)
Rochester Farnham...
-
including the
Battle of Ashdown, a West
Saxon victory, and the
Battle of
Meretun, when the
Danes prevailed. Soon
after Easter,
which fell on 15
April in...
-
Great Heathen Army (865–78)
Alcea York
Englefield Reading Ashdown Basing Meretun Chippenham Edington/Ethandun
Cynwit The
Danelaw (865–954)
Rochester Farnham...
