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King Guthrum Group. 57 likes. Charitable organisation to promote the heritage link between Hadleigh (Suffolk) and King Guthrum.
King of the East Angles Guthrum II King of the East Angles Reign 10th-century Predecessor Æthelwold Religion Christian Guthrum II was, according to some reconstructions, a King of East Anglia in the early 10th century. Background East Anglian penny commemorating King Edmund, probably before 905 The Viking ruler of the kingdom of East Anglia is the earlier Guthrum. He took the baptismal name ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Guthrum. Battle of Edington, (6–12 May 878). The arrival of a Danish "great army" in East Anglia in 865 marked the start of a new phase of Viking attacks on Britain. Previously, the Vikings had come to raid and settle around the coast; this force came to conquer.
The Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum. This is the peace that King Alfred and King Guthrum, and the witan of all the English nation, and all the people that are in East Anglia, have all ordained and with oaths confirmed, for themselves and for their descendants, as well for born as for unborn, who reck of God’s mercy or of ours. 1.
King Alfred Monument. On the Twelfth Night, 6 January 878, Guthrum made a surprise night-time attack on Alfred at his winter fortress at Chippenham in Wiltshire, when he almost succeeded in capturing the Saxon King. Alfred fled the attack with a few retainers and took shelter in the marshes of Somerset, staying in the small village of Athelney.
Guthrum (d. 890). Viking leader, king in East Anglia, and major opponent of King Alfred. Guthrum probably first appeared in England as the leader of the ‘great summer army’ which joined the forces commanded by Halfdan at Reading in 871. When the army split up in 875, Guthrum returned with his contingent to Wessex.
What happened to Guthrum? After the Battle of Edington, the Viking King Guthrum surrendered to King Alfred . Alfred insisted that Guthrum convert to Christianity. Guthrum remained king in East Anglia, and did not attack Wessex again. Although Viking attacks continued, Alfred was now able to fight back, starting the Saxon re-conquest of England.
