Battle of Thetford

Part of the Viking invasions of England
| Date| 1004 AD

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Location|

Thetford, England

Result|  Anglo-Saxon and Norwegian victory
Belligerents
Anglo-Saxons
Norwegian Vikings|  Danish Vikings
Commanders and leaders
Ethelred the Unready
Olaf Haraldsson|  Sweyn Forkbeard
Casualties and losses
Unknown|  Unknown

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Norse invasions of England

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Great Heathen Army (865–78)

* Alcea
* York
* Englefield
* Reading
* Ashdown
* Basing
* Meretun
* Chippenham
* Edington/Ethandun
* Cynwit

The Danelaw

* Rochester
* Farnham
* Buttington
* First Stamford
* Benfleet
* The Holme
* Tettenhall
* Tempsford
* Derby
* 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)

* Fulford
* Stamford Bridge

The battle of Thetford occurred in 1004. Sigvat records the victory of King Ethelred, allied with Olaf Haraldsson,[1] over the Danes under Sweyn Forkbeard during the latter's campaigns in England.

The battle site was located in lands under the control of Ulfcytel Snillingr, then of East Anglia, at a site once thought to be near Wretham,[1] but now thought to be at Rymer in Suffolk.[2] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that the battle of Thetford occurred after an attempt by Ulfcytel and the "councillors in East Anglia" to negotiate a truce with Sweyn in return for a financial settlement; the Danes broke the truce, and marched on Thetford where they were met and engaged by a contingent of the East Anglian fyrd.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Sturlason, Snorre (2004). Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings. Kessinger Publishing. p. 225\. ISBN 0-7661-8693-8.; Edited with notes by Erling Monsen
2. ^ Briggs, Keith (December 2011). "The battle-site and place-name Ringmere". Notes and Queries. OUP. 256 (4): 491–492. doi:10.1093/notesj/gjr151.

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