Event: Assistance, Invitation, Message-sending, Request
Burgred 5
-
Anonymi 43
.request for assistance
Asserted in:
ASC
868 ADEF(OE and Lat)G, <869> B, 869 C
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Scholarly Info
Description
Burgred 5
[ABCDEG: and his witan (
Anonymi 43
)] [F(Lat.) adds: having sent messengers (
Anonymi 950
)] invited
Æthelred 15
and
Alfred 8
to assist them fight against the here (
Anonymi 34
).
Year
868
Primary Source Info
Original Text
A: ... bædon ... þæt hie him gefultumadon, þæt hie wiþ þone here gefuhton ...
Date from Source
868 ADEF(OE and Lat)G, <869> B, 869 C
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Burgred 5
(
King of the Mercians, ?852?873x874
)
Agent
:
Anonymi 43
(
Leading men of the Mercians in the time of
Burgred 5
)
Recipient
:
Æthelred 15
(
King of the West Saxons, 865-871
)
Recipient
:
Alfred 8
(
the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899
)
(Other)
:
Anonymi 34
(
A great fleet of pagans from the Danube
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 950
(
Messengers sent by
Burgred 5
according to ASC, s.a. 868 F(Lat.)
)