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Battle of Brananburgh

England · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

937

Athelstan937

Brananburgh · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Rulers in Great Britain seem to have submitted to Athelstan at Bamburgh: "first Hywel, King of the West Welsh, and Constantine II, King of Scots, and Owain, King of the people of Gwent, and Ealdred...of Bamburgh" records the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Defeats Constantine II, the Norse from Dublin & the King of Strathclyde. A notable victory for Athelstan and his brother Edmund over Constantine, Amlaib and Owain

Names involved

Athelstan

Provenance

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