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Capture of Mercia

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

5Records

873–1016Date range

5Named people

1Places

Chronological records

873

Burgred873

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

The Vikings occupy Mercia

917

Athelflaed917

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Edward the Elder & his sister Athelflaed recapture Mercia from the Danes

Edward the Elder917

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Edward the Elder & his sister Athelflaed recapture Mercia from the Danes

944

Edmund I944

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Re-captures Mercia from the Danes

1016

Edmund II Ironside1016

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Allies with the Earl of Northumbria & conquers Mercia

Names involved

AthelflaedBurgredEdmund IEdmund II IronsideEdward the Elder

Provenance

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