Event: Battle
Æthelred 15
-
Alfred 8
.fighting against
Anonymi 34
at Ashdown
Asserted in:
Æthelweard.Chron
iv.2 (p. 37)
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Scholarly Info
Description
Æthelred 15
and
Alfred 8
fought
Anonymi 34
at Ashdown. There were great losses on both sides.
Æthelred 15
gained the victory.
Event Title
Battle of Ashdown (871)/
Year
871
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... nimium ruina parte in utraque.
Date from Source
<871>: four days after
Æthelred 15
was defeated by
Anonymi 34
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Æthelred 15
(
King of the West Saxons, 865-871
)
Participant
:
Alfred 8
(
the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899
)
Participant
:
Anonymi 34
(
A great fleet of pagans from the Danube
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Ashdown: (
), now
Ashdown, Berkshire