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Mention of the battle is made in dozens of sources, in Old English, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Icelandic, and Middle English, and there are many later accounts or responses to the battle, including those by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Jorge Luis Borges. A contemporary record of the battle is found in the Old English poem Battle of Brunanburh, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

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  • Battle of Brunanburh
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  • Mention of the battle is made in dozens of sources, in Old English, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Icelandic, and Middle English, and there are many later accounts or responses to the battle, including those by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Jorge Luis Borges. A contemporary record of the battle is found in the Old English poem Battle of Brunanburh, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Strength
  • approx. 15,000
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Partof
  • the Viking invasions of England
Date
  • 937(xsd:integer)
Commander
Casualties
  • Unknown
  • Much of the army; Several Jarls; Five Petty kings; Cellach, Son of the king of Scotland
Result
  • English victory
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Place
  • Uncertain; since 2004 the leading candidate is what is now Brackenwood Golf Course between Bromborough and Bebington in Merseyside; other places suggested include Brunswark, Annandale; or Tinsley, Yorkshire
Conflict
  • Battle of Brunanburh
abstract
  • Mention of the battle is made in dozens of sources, in Old English, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Icelandic, and Middle English, and there are many later accounts or responses to the battle, including those by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Jorge Luis Borges. A contemporary record of the battle is found in the Old English poem Battle of Brunanburh, preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
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