Battle of Ellendun

Battle of Ellendun
	Part of Mercian Supremacy
Date	825
Location	near Swindon, Wiltshire
Result	West Saxon victory End of Mercian hegemony over southern England;
Belligerents
Mercia	Wessex
Commanders and leaders
Beornwulf of Mercia	Ecgberht of Wessex

The Battle of Ellendun or Battle of Wroughton was fought between Ecgberht of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in September 825. Sir Frank Stenton described it as "one of the most decisive battles of English history". It effectively ended Mercian Supremacy over the southern kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England and established West Saxon dominance in southern England.

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