Who was guthrum the Viking?
Guthrum, also spelled Godrum, or Guthorm, also called Aethelstan, Athelstan, or Ethelstan, (died 890), leader of a major Danish invasion of Anglo-Saxon England who waged war against the West Saxon king Alfred the Great (reigned 871–899) and later made himself king of East Anglia (reigned 880–890). What happened to Guthrum? Guthrum’s invading force is ultimately…