Battle of Stamford (894) - Misplaced Pages

Saxon invasion of Stamford

Battle of Stamford

Date	894
Location	Stamford, Lincolnshire, England
Result	Viking victory

Belligerents

Danelaw Vikings

Anglo-Saxons

Commanders and leaders

Unknown

Aethelnoth

Strength

Unknown

Casualties and losses

Unknown

v t e Viking invasions of England
Lindisfarne Hingston Down Great Heathen Army (865–78) Alcea York Englefield Reading Ashdown Basing Meretun Chippenham Edington/Ethandun Cynwit The Danelaw (886–954) Rochester Farnham Buttington First Stamford Benfleet The Holme Tettenhall Tempsford Derby Æthelwold Second Stamford Corbridge Brunanburh Stainmore Maldon First Alton St Brice's Day Pinhoe Thetford Ringmere Cnut's invasion (1015–16) Assandun Brentford Harald's invasion (1066) Northumbrian Revolt of 1065 Fulford Stamford Bridge

Viking invasions of England

Great Heathen Army (865–78)

The Danelaw (886–954)

Cnut's invasion (1015–16)

Harald's invasion (1066)

The First Battle of Stamford occurred when West Saxon Ealdorman Aethelnoth invaded the town in the summer of 894, but it was not besieged and Danish rule was unaffected.

References

Roffe: Stamford Origins. Retrieved on 15 January 2008.

Viking activity in Great Britain

Anglo-Saxon

Major monarchs	Offa of Mercia (757–796) Ælla of Northumbria (unk–867) Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia (855–869) Æthelred the Unready (978–1013, 1014–1016) Wessex: Ecgberht (802–839) Æthelwulf (839–858) Alfred the Great (871–899) Edward the Elder (899–924) Æthelstan (924–939) Eadred (946–954
Major leaders	Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (c. 881–911) Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (911–918) Odda, Ealdorman of Devon (878) Wulfhere, Ealdorman of Wiltshire (855–?877)

Viking

Monarchs

Knýtlinga
- Harthacnut (1035–1042)
- Cnut (1016–1035)
- Harold Harefoot (1035–1040)
- Svein Knutsson (1030–1035)
Northumbria
- Guthred (883–895)
- Eric Bloodaxe (947–948, 952–954)
- Amlaíb Cuarán (941–944)
- Gofraid ua Ímair (921–934)
- Olaf Guthfrithson (939–941)
- Ragnall ua Ímair (c. 914–921)
England
- Sweyn Forkbeard (1013–1014)
Ecgberht I of Northumbria (867–872)
Burgred of Mercia (852–874)
Ceolwulf II of Mercia (874–880)
Eohric of East Anglia (917–927)

Major leaders

Ivar the Boneless (865–870)
Halfdan Ragnarsson (865–877)
Ubba (865–878)
Hvitserk (865–870)
Guthrum (874–890)
Hastein (892–896)
Thorkell the Tall (c. 970–1024)

Battles

Viking raids: 793–850

First invasion 865–896

Great Heathen Army
(865–78)

Battle of York (867)
Siege of Nottingham (867)

The Danelaw	Buttington (893) First Stamford (894) The Holme (902) Tettenhall (910) Tempsford (917) Derby (917) Second Stamford (918) Corbridge (918) Brunanburh (937) Stainmore (954)

Second invasion: 980–1012

The Danelaw	Maldon (991) Battle of Pinhoe (1001) First Alton (1001) St Brice's Day (1002) Ringmere (1010)

Cnut's invasion (1015–1016)

Harald's invasion (1066)

Fulford (1066)
Stamford Bridge (1066)

Places

Viking settlements	Danelaw (865–896) Jorvik (866–954) North Sea Empire
English petty kingdoms	Wessex (519–927) Kent (410–825) Northumbria (653–954) Mercia (527–918) East Anglia (c. 550–918)

Treaties

Treaty of Wedmore (886)
Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum (c. 890)

Culture

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