Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Battle of Meretun
| Battle of Meretun | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Viking invasions of England | |||||||
| |||||||
| Belligerents | |||||||
| Wessex | Vikings | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
The Battle of Meretun (or Merton) between a West Saxon army led by King Æthelred and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great, and a Viking army took place on 22 March 871 at an unknown location in Wessex, probably in one of the modern counties of Dorset, Hampshire, or Wiltshire.
Previous Page Next Page
