Alfred's nephew Aethelwold seized Wimborne in 899 and fled to Northumbria to gain Danish backing for his claim to the West Saxon throne. In 901 he crossed to East Anglia and led Danish forces raiding into Mercia and northern Wessex. King Edward the Elder pursued and inflicted the Battle of the Holme in 902. The dynastic challenge exploited Danish military power and threatened the political settlement Alfred had achieved.
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