[PAR] [TLE] Æthelwulf of Berkshire [SEP] Æthelwulf of Berkshire (before 825 – 4 January, 871) was a Saxon ealdorman.  In 860 he and other men of Berkshire fought off a band of pirates near Winchester, Hampshire.  Later he mustered a force of 1400 men against an army of Danes, won the 31 December 870 Battle of Englefield on behalf of the then kingdom of Wessex.  He received a land grant in 843/44 from Brihtwulf, king of Mercia; and lost his life at the Battle of Reading. [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] Æthelwulf of Berkshire [ SEP ] Æthelwulf of Berkshire ( before 825 – 4 January , 871 ) was a Saxon ealdorman . In 860 he and other men of Berkshire fought off a band of pirates near Winchester , Hampshire . Later he mustered a force of 1400 men against an army of Danes , won the 31 December 870 Battle of Englefield on behalf of the then kingdom of Wessex . He received a land grant in 843/44 from Brihtwulf , king of Mercia ; and lost his life at the Battle of Reading . [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 .
Æthelwulf of Berkshire (before 825 – 4 January, 871) was a Saxon ealdorman, he received a land grant in 843/44 from Brihtwulf, king of Mercia; and lost his life at which battle event?
Æthelwulf of Berkshire ( before 825 – 4 January , 871 ) was a Saxon ealdorman , he received a land grant in 843/44 from Brihtwulf , king of Mercia ; and lost his life at which battle event ?
Battle of Reading
Battle of Reading