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Early Medieval

Danes Capture Repton Royal Burh

873–874
Derbyshire, England
Also known as: Danish Winter at Repton 873 · Repton Viking Camp 873-874
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Siege
Location
Derbyshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Mercia / King Burgred
Forces
c. 1,000–2,000 Mercian defenders.
VS
Victor
Danish Great Army
Forces
c. 3,500–4,500 Danish Great Army
Outcome
Repton seized; Burgred expelled from Mercia; puppet king installed
The Battle

History & Significance

The Danish seizure of Repton — the Mercian royal mausoleum — in 873-874 symbolically destroyed Mercian kingship; the mass grave discovered there by archaeologists is one of the most significant Viking-Age finds in England.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Danes Capture Repton Royal Burh

Cursus and mini henges, of Neolithic date, round barrows of Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date, and settlements, enclosures and fields of late Iron Age/Romano-British date, immediately East of Willington either side of the A5132
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Twyford henge and Round Hill bowl barrow
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Monks Bridge See also DERBYSHIRE 15
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Monks Bridge See also STAFFORDSHIRE 261
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Bretby Castle fortified manor
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
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