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In 835, the first major Viking raid in southern England took place and was directed against the Isle of Sheppey [18] [19] [20] and in a battle in 839, Vikings inflicted heavy defeats against the Picts, killing Uuen, the King of the Picts, his brother Bran and Aed son of Boanta, King of Dál Riata. [21]
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The French abandoned the siege of Dover Castle in November but the campaign continued in the south-east. In early 1217, the focus shifted northwards, culminating in a major French defeat at the Battle of Lincoln in May. The defense of England was led by Sir William Marshal, who was also one of King Henry III's regents. [37]
The Viking leaders often joined together for mutual benefit and then dissolved once profit had been achieved. [27] Several of the Viking leaders who had been active in Francia and Frisia joined forces to conquer the four kingdoms constituting Anglo-Saxon England. The composite force probably contained elements from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and ...
449 Hengest, Saxon leader, arrives in England; c. 466 Battle of Wippedesfleot; 597 Arrival of St. Augustine; 793 Vikings raid Lindisfarne; 802 Vikings ransack monastery on Iona; 843 Birth of Kingdom of Scotland with union of the Picts and the Scots; 878 Battle of Ethandun, defeat of Viking forces, results in Treaty of Wedmore and establishment ...
After successful raids by Danish Vikings, significant parts of northeastern England, formerly Northumbria, were under their control.Danish attacks into central England had been resisted and effectively reduced by Alfred the Great, to the point where his son, King Edward of Wessex, could launch offensive attacks against the foreigners.
The Battle of York was fought between the Vikings of the Great Heathen Army and the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria on 21 March 867 in the city of York. Formerly controlled by the Roman Empire , York had been taken over by the Anglo-Saxons and had become the capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria .
The Battle of Buttington was fought in 893 [a] between a Viking army and an alliance of Anglo-Saxons and Welsh. The annals for 893 reported that a large Viking army had landed in the Lympne Estuary , Kent and a smaller force had landed in the Thames estuary under the command of Danish king Hastein.