Vikings Crushed at Tettenhall: England's Future Secured
The allied armies of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred, destroyed the last major Danish raiding force to invade England at Tettenhall. The decisive victory shattered Viking military power south of the Humber and cleared the path for the eventual unification of England under a single Anglo-Saxon crown.
August 5, 910
1116 years ago
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