Battle of Wroughton

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The Battle of Wroughton, also known as the Battle of Ellendun, was a pivotal 9th-century conflict in Anglo-Saxon England that helped establish Wessex as the dominant kingdom in the south.

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Battle of Wroughton canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ellendun ⓘ
approximateLocation near modern Wroughton, Wiltshire ⓘ
belligerent Mercia ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
combatant Beornwulf of Mercia ⓘ
Egbert of Wessex ⓘ
commander Beornwulf of Mercia ⓘ
Egbert of Wessex ⓘ
conflictBetween Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
country Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
date 825 ⓘ
era Heptarchy ⓘ
followedBy consolidation of Wessex control over Essex ⓘ
consolidation of Wessex control over Kent ⓘ
consolidation of Wessex control over Surrey ⓘ
consolidation of Wessex control over Sussex ⓘ
expansion of Wessex influence ⓘ
follows Mercian dominance in southern England ⓘ
geographicalContext southern England ⓘ
historicalCategory 9th-century battles ⓘ
Battles involving Mercia ⓘ
Battles involving Wessex ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Old English ⓘ
locatedIn Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
England ⓘ
Wiltshire ⓘ
Wroughton ⓘ
locatedNear Swindon ⓘ
mentionedIn Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Saxon wars ⓘ
politicalContext struggle for supremacy among Anglo-Saxon kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy Mercian overlordship of southern kingdoms ⓘ
result Mercian defeat ⓘ
Wessex victory ⓘ
significance established Wessex as dominant kingdom in southern England ⓘ
marked decline of Mercian supremacy ⓘ
pivotal conflict in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ
Early Middle Ages ⓘ
typeOfConflict inter-kingdom war ⓘ

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Battle of Ellendun → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Wroughton ⓘ