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Battle of Merton
Defeated & killed in battle by the Danes
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Merton in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeated & killed in battle by the Danes
Dies fighting the Danes at the Battle of Merton
The Vikings defeat Aethelred and Alfred at Merton, where Bishop Heahmund of Sherborne is killed.
Death of Ethelred I
Provenance
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