What happened in the Battle of Brunanburh?
Date 937 Result English victory Who fought in the Battle of Brunanburh? The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in late 937AD. An Anglo Saxon army led by King Athelstan (the grandson of Alfred the Great) defeated and destroyed an invading army of Vikings, Scots, and men from other minor kingdoms. Athelstan’s half-brother Edmund, who was…