Battle of Tettenhall
The Battle of Tettenhall (sometimes called the Battle of Wednesfield or Wōdnesfeld) took place, according to the chronicler Æthelweard, near Tettenhall on 5 August 910. The allied forces of Mercia and Wessex met an army of Northumbrian Vikings in Mercia.
| Battle of Tettenhall | |||||||
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| Part of the Viking invasions of England | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Danelaw Vikings |
Mercia Wessex | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Eowils † Halfdan † Ingwær † | Aethelflaed | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy, in the thousands | Unknown | ||||||
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