Battle of Ellandun

At Ellandun in 825 the decisive battle of the war between the kings Egbert of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercien took place, both of whom fought for supremacy in Anglo-Saxon Britain. The place is in Wiltshire (probably Wroughton near Swindon ). With this victory Egbert won supremacy within the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy and thus became the "overlord" of Britain ( Bretwalda ). The central source of the battle is the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (sub anno 825), where the battle is only very briefly described; accordingly, there was a terrible slaughter.

Remarks

↑ See The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by Dorothy Whitelock , David C. Douglas , Susie I. Tucker. New Brunswick 1961, p. 40 with note 4; David Peter Kirby: The Earliest English Kings. Revised Edition. London 2000, p. 155.
^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by Dorothy Whitelock, David C. Douglas, Susie I. Tucker. New Brunswick 1961, p. 40: In this year there was a battle between the Britons and the men of Devon at Galford. And the same year Egbert and Beornwulf, king of the Mercians, fought at Wroughton, and Egbert had the victory and a great slaughter was made there.

literature

David Peter Kirby: The Earliest English Kings. Revised Edition. Routledge, London 2000, pp. 155-157.

[1] See The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by Dorothy Whitelock , David C. Douglas , Susie I. Tucker. New Brunswick 1961, p. 40 with note 4; David Peter Kirby: The Earliest English Kings. Revised Edition. London 2000, p. 155.

[2] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Edited by Dorothy Whitelock, David C. Douglas, Susie I. Tucker. New Brunswick 1961, p. 40: In this year there was a battle between the Britons and the men of Devon at Galford. And the same year Egbert and Beornwulf, king of the Mercians, fought at Wroughton, and Egbert had the victory and a great slaughter was made there.