Aethelflaed's second major conquest of a Danish borough. The Chronicle notes that Leicester was won with God's help. Aethelflaed died shortly after this triumph in June 918. Her death cut short an extraordinary military career that had systematically dismantled Danish power in the East Midlands. Edward the Elder then annexed Mercia directly, bringing it under West Saxon rule.
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