Bagsecg 1 (Male) King of a great fleet of pagans from the Danube [Anonymi 34]
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Factoid List

Recorded Name (8)
Bachsecg (1)
 ASC  871 AG
Bagsceg (1)
 ASC  <872> B
Bagsec (1)
 ASC  871 F(OE)
Bagsecg (1)
 ASC  872 C, 871 DF(Lat.)
Bagsæc (1)
 ASC  871 F(OE)
Basecg (1)
 ASC  871 E
Berse (1)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.2 (p. 37)
Bægscecg (1)
 Asser.VitAlfredi  39
Personal Information (1)
religion (1)
 ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C (heathen; F(Lat.): pagan)
Office (5)
King (5)
 Asser.VitAlfredi  39
 Asser.VitAlfredi  42
 ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.2 (p. 37)
 Anon.LiberEliensis  I.39
Occupation (1)
(1)
 ASC   
Event (8)
Army-raising (1)
 Æthelred 15.fighting at Ashdown: Gathering a good sized army, [King Æthelred 15] attacked the enemy at Ashdown, where a battle was fought with ferocity on both sides. In that place, the pagans, by divine judgement, failed to withstand the attack of the Christians, and one of the two pagan kings, namely Ubba 5 and five earls were struck down dead. There fell, then: King Bagsecg 1, Earl Sidroc 1 the elder, Earl Sidroc 2 the younger, Earl Osbern 1, Earl Fræna 2, and Earl Harald 1; and all their army was routed.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.39 (871)
Battle (3)
 Bagsecg 1.killing in battle against Æthelred 15: Bagsecg 1 was slain [ABCDEF(Lat.)G: when Æthelred 15 fought against their band (Anonymi 34)].: ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C (871)
 Æthelred 15-Alfred 8.fighting against Anonymi 34 at Ashdown: Æthelred 15 and Alfred 8 fought against the whole here (Anonymi 34) at Ashdown. The here fled and many thousands were killed. They were fighting until night.: ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C (871)
 Æthelred 15.fighting at Ashdown: Gathering a good sized army, [King Æthelred 15] attacked the enemy at Ashdown, where a battle was fought with ferocity on both sides. In that place, the pagans, by divine judgement, failed to withstand the attack of the Christians, and one of the two pagan kings, namely Ubba 5 and five earls were struck down dead. There fell, then: King Bagsecg 1, Earl Sidroc 1 the elder, Earl Sidroc 2 the younger, Earl Osbern 1, Earl Fræna 2, and Earl Harald 1; and all their army was routed.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.39 (871)
Flight (1)
 Æthelred 15-Alfred 8.fighting against Anonymi 34 at Ashdown: Æthelred 15 and Alfred 8 fought against the whole here (Anonymi 34) at Ashdown. The here fled and many thousands were killed. They were fighting until night.: ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C (871)
Invasion (1)
 Ivar 1-others.arrival in Britain in 866: In 866 ... when King Æthelred 15 was ruler of the Western Saxons, there arrived in Britain a fleet of pagans from Denmark under King Ivar 1, together with his two brothers, Eowils 2, Halfdan 2, and a man called Ubba 5, his colleague in all trickery and malice and very like him in all respects, having as companions those three kings, Hæsten 1, Bagsecg 1 and Guthrum 1 and their forces, together with a very large contingent of chieftans and nobles ... They were accompanied by an immense multitude of bold warriors and they spent the winter in the kingdom of the East Angles.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.39 (866)
Killing/murder (5)
 Anonymi 70-Anonymi 71.killing in 871: In eight battles that year the Saxons (Anonymi 70) were to a large extent destroyed to a man, as were a king and nine duces of the pagans with innumerable men (Anonymi 71).: Asser.VitAlfredi  42 (871)
 Bagsecg 1.killing in battle against Æthelred 15: Bagsecg 1 was slain [ABCDEF(Lat.)G: when Æthelred 15 fought against their band (Anonymi 34)].: ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C (871)
 Bagsecg 1.killing with others at Ashdown: At Ashdown were killed: King Bagsecg 1, Earl Sidroc 1 the elder, Earl Sidroc 2 the younger, Earl Osbern 1, Earl Fræna 2, and Earl Harald 1.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.39 (871)
 Æthelred 15-Alfred 8.fighting against Anonymi 34 at Ashdown: Æthelred 15 and Alfred 8 fought against the whole here (Anonymi 34) at Ashdown. The here fled and many thousands were killed. They were fighting until night.: ASC  871 ADEF(OE and Lat.)G, <872> B, 872 C (871)
 Æthelred 15.fighting at Ashdown: Gathering a good sized army, [King Æthelred 15] attacked the enemy at Ashdown, where a battle was fought with ferocity on both sides. In that place, the pagans, by divine judgement, failed to withstand the attack of the Christians, and one of the two pagan kings, namely Ubba 5 and five earls were struck down dead. There fell, then: King Bagsecg 1, Earl Sidroc 1 the elder, Earl Sidroc 2 the younger, Earl Osbern 1, Earl Fræna 2, and Earl Harald 1; and all their army was routed.: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.39 (871)