Battle of Tempsford

Part of the Viking invasions of England

Date	917
Location	Tempsford, England
Result	Anglo-Saxon victory

Belligerents

Anglo-Saxons

Vikings

Commanders and leaders

Edward the Elder

Guthrum II †

Jarls Toglos and Manna of Huntington †

Strength

unknown

Casualties and losses

unknown

Viking invasions of England

Great Heathen Army (865–78) Englefield Reading Ashdown Basing Marton Edington/Ethandun Cynwit The Danelaw Buttington The Holme Tettenhall Tempsford Corbridge Brunanburh Stainmore Maldon Alton St Brice's Day Ringmere Cnut's invasion (1015–16) Assandun Brentford Harald's invasion (1066) Fulford Stamford Bridge

In 917, the group of Danes who had previously been based in Huntingdon relocated to Tempsford, together with other Danes from East Anglia. They built and fortified a new burh there, to serve as a forward base for attacks on English territory. Later that year, after launching an unsuccessful attack on Bedford, they were attacked by an English army led by King Edward the Elder, as part of his widespread offensive which in that year overwhelmed the Danish territories in East Anglia and south-eastern Mercia. The burh was stormed and a Danish king, probably that of East Anglia, was killed, along with the Jarls Toglos and Manna and many of their followers, while the rest were captured.^[1]

References

↑ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, ed. Michael Swanton, 2nd ed. (London 2000), pp. 101-2

Coordinates: 52°10′14″N 0°17′46″W / 52.1706°N 0.2962°W / 52.1706; -0.2962

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