[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Edington - Wikipedia [PAR] Cnut's invasion (101516). Assandun  Brentford  Harald's invasion (1066). 
Fulford  Stamford Bridge. At the Battle of Edington an army of the Anglo-Saxon 
kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led 
by Guthrum on a date between 6 and 12 May AD 878. ... By 878, the Danes held 
the east and north east of England, and their defeat... [DOC] [TLE] Great Heathen Army - Wikipedia [PAR] The Great Viking Army or Great Danish Army, known by the Anglo-Saxons as the 
Great ... The invaders initially landed in East Anglia, where the king provided 
them ... In 871, the Vikings moved on to Wessex, where Alfred the Great was 
content to ... Alfred the Great defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Edington, and a 
treaty... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Ethandun: Alfred the Great of Wessex Defeats the Danes ... [PAR] May 9, 2011 ... Battle of Ethandun: Alfred the Great of Wessex Defeats the Danes ... Today in 
Military History: May 9, AD 878 ... Within a month after become king, Alfred was 
forced to confront the Danish force that still ... unknown)  invaded Northumbria in 
866, defeated King lla in battle, captured him and executed him. [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of Edington - Britain Express [PAR] The story of the Battle of Edington, where Alfred the Great defeated the Danes 
under Guthrum. ... May, 878 AD. Ethandun ... Saxons under King Alfred of 
Wessex. [DOC] [TLE] Etrusia - Saxons - King Alfred The Great [PAR] Known as Alfred the Great, he succeeded in allying with other Saxon Kings to 
hold back ... Alfred was the fifth son of King Aethelwulf of the West Saxons (
Wessex). ... At the battle of Edington in 878, his army defeated the Danes and 
chased them back ... scattered settlements and securing the territory against 
Viking invasion. [DOC] [TLE] Alfred (The Great) King of England [PAR] Also spelled AELFRED, byname ALFRED THE GREAT king of Wessex ... Late in 
871, the Danes invaded Wessex, and Aethelred and Alfred fought several battles 
... having accomplished little, but a surprise attack in January 878 came near to ... 
he secretly assembled an army, which defeated them at the Battle of Edington. [DOC] [TLE] Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 871-899 [PAR] "Great Heathen Army" invades Wessex ... The army came first to Reading, and 
three days later two Danish earls rode farther inland, where they were ... Four 
days after that King thelred and Alfred led a great army to Reading and there 
was a pitched .... May 878. Battle of Edington: Alfred defeats Guthrum's army. 
June 878. [DOC] [TLE] Wessex & Vikings [PAR] In the latter half of the 8th Century, Wessex was a mere satellite of Mercia. ... 
These tremendous tokens were soon followed by a great famine: and not long 
after, ... The Danish returned south, defeated the English fyrd in East Anglia, and 
executed ... Wessex, but were defeated by King Alfred at the Battle of Edington (
878). [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History - Alfred the Great [PAR] Alfred the Great (849 AD - 899 AD) ... Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex, whose 
forces were commanded by Alfred's older brother, King Aethelred, and Alfred 
himself. In 871 AD ... In 878 AD, he again defeated the Danes in the Battle of 
Edington. [DOC] [TLE] King Alfred And The Danes [PAR] The life of the great Saxon king Alfred who famously fought the Danes. ... He was 
the youngest son of King Aethelwulf of Wessex. (In those days ... In 870 the 
Danes invaded East Anglia. Soon they were ... In 878 the Danes launched a 
surprise attack on Chippenham. King ... The Danes were routed at the battle of 
Edington. [DOC] [TLE] King Alfred the Great - British Royal Family History [PAR] King Alfred the Great - Kings and Queens from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II. ... 
Anglo-Saxon king 871899 who defended England against Danish invasion and

Question: In 878 this great king of Wessex defeated the invading Danes at the Battle of Edington
Answer: Alfred the Great