Guthrum
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Guthrum was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century. Originally a native of Denmark, he was one of the leaders of the "Great Summer Army" that arrived in Reading during April 871 to join forces wi
A Victorian representation of Guthrum's baptism in 878
A silver penny of Guthrum, minted between 880 and 890
Battle of Edington
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The Battle of Edington or Battle of Ethandun was fought in May 878 between the West Saxon army of King Alfred the Great and the Great Heathen Army led by the Danish warlord Guthrum. The battle took pl
Memorial to the Battle of Ethandun erected in 2000 near the hillfort of Bratton Castle with a plaque
King Alfred's Tower is one supposed site of Egbert's Stone, the mustering place before the battle.
England, after the Battle of Edington and the Treaty of Wedmore, in 886.