Event: Battle, War
Wulfheard 12
.fighting off Southampton against
Anonymi 2466
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
iii.4 (p. 30)
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Scholarly Info
Description
Wulfheard 12
waged war against a pagan fleet of 33 ships (
Anonymi 2466
) and was the victor.
Year
840
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
<838>: one year after
Ęthelwulf 1
gave kingdoms to
Ęthelstan 3
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Wulfheard 12
(
Dux [of ?Wilts.], fl. 823-840, d.840
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 2466
(
Ships' companies against whom
Wulfheard 12
fought in 840
) : After many men (
Anonymi 2466
) had been killed,
Wulfheard 12
was the victor.
Locations associated with this Event:
Southampton, oppidum: (
Oppidum
), now
Southampton, Hampshire