[PAR] [TLE] Bagsecg [SEP] Bagsecg (also known as Bægsecg or Bagsec) (died 8 January 871) was a Viking leader commonly referred to as a king.  In 870 or 871 he led The Great Summer Army to England.  His forces joined those of the Great Danish Army which had already overrun much of England.  He and Halfdan Ragnarsson became the leaders of a joint invasion of the Kingdom of Wessex.  He was killed at the Battle of Ashdown, fighting a West Saxon Army led by King Ethelred and his younger brother, the future Alfred the Great. [PAR] [TLE] Battle of Reading (871) [SEP] The first Battle of Reading was a battle on 4 January 871 at Reading in what is now the English county of Berkshire.  It was one of a series of battles, with honours to both sides, that took place following an invasion of the then kingdom of Wessex by an army of Danes led by Bagsecg and Halfdan Ragnarsson in an attempt to conquer Wessex.  Both battle and campaign are described in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", and this account provides the earliest known written record of the existence of the town of Reading.
[PAR] [TLE] Bagsecg [ SEP ] Bagsecg ( also known as Bægsecg or Bagsec ) ( died 8 January 871 ) was a Viking leader commonly referred to as a king . In 870 or 871 he led The Great Summer Army to England . His forces joined those of the Great Danish Army which had already overrun much of England . He and Halfdan Ragnarsson became the leaders of a joint invasion of the Kingdom of Wessex . He was killed at the Battle of Ashdown , fighting a West Saxon Army led by King Ethelred and his younger brother , the future Alfred the Great . [PAR] [TLE] Battle of Reading ( 871 ) [ SEP ] The first Battle of Reading was a battle on 4 January 871 at Reading in what is now the English county of Berkshire . It was one of a series of battles , with honours to both sides , that took place following an invasion of the then kingdom of Wessex by an army of Danes led by Bagsecg and Halfdan Ragnarsson in an attempt to conquer Wessex . Both battle and campaign are described in the " Anglo - Saxon Chronicle " , and this account provides the earliest known written record of the existence of the town of Reading .
The first Battle of Reading took place following an invasion of Wessex by the Danes, led by which Viking leader?
The first Battle of Reading took place following an invasion of Wessex by the Danes , led by which Viking leader ?
Bagsecg
Bagsecg