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    Bagsecg (830 – 8 January 871), also known as Bacgsecg, was a viking and a leader of the Great Army, which invaded England. According to the Anglo-Saxon...
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  • uprising that is crushing the occupying forces led by his father, King Bagsecg. Arriving at his father's camp, Steiner attends a family meeting with his...
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    warriors arrived from Scandinavia, as part of the Great Summer Army, led by Bagsecg, bolstering the ranks of Halfdan's army. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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    brother, the future King Alfred the Great, while the Viking commanders were Bagsecg and Halfdan. The battle is described in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and Asser's...
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    Martyr. In 871, the Great Summer Army arrived from Scandinavia, led by Bagsecg. The reinforced Viking army turned its attention to Wessex but the West...
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    Downs. The Great Heathen Army, led by the Danish Viking kings Halfdan and Bagsecg, march out after the Saxons. Six pitched battles are fought between the...
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  • Anglo-Saxon sources, in 870 and 871. King Bagsecg joined him to become the co-leader of the Great Summer Army of 870 but Bagsecg was killed in battle with the English...
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    January 871, where Bagsecg was killed. Halfdan accepted a truce from the future Alfred the Great, newly crowned king of Wessex. After Bagsecg's death Halfdan...
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    is known in the contemporary sources. The invasion leaders Halfdan and Bagsecg were known as "kings" and may or may not have been related to the kings...
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    on about 4 January 871 at Reading in Berkshire. The Vikings were led by Bagsecg and Halfdan Ragnarsson and the West Saxons by King Æthelred and his brother...
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  • Hair, when he fails to protect himself with his shield. Loosely based of Bagsecg, who also invaded England in 870/71 Played by Dianne Doan (season 4) Chinese...
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    letter was addressed to him by Pope Nicholas I. Late 9th century kings Bagsecg: c. 860s–871 Halfdan: 871–877 Sigfred: c. 873–891. It is generally assumed...
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    Mr. Zigic The Golden Scallop Judge Wellington Hammer of the Gods King Bagsecg Justin and the Knights of Valour Blucher (voice) The Christmas Candle Herbert...
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    December 870, they launched an attempt to conquer Wessex led by Kings Bagsecg and Halfdan. They occupied Reading on around 28 December. The town is between...
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    Anglian kingdom, leadership of the Great Army appears to have fallen to Bagsecg and Halfdan, who campaigned against the Mercians and West Saxons. In 873...
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  • emperor (b. 259) 482 – Severinus of Noricum, Italian apostle and saint 871 – Bagsecg, Viking warrior and leader 926 – Athelm, archbishop of Canterbury 1079...
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    called Bagsecg and his five earls. Aided by the Great Heathen Army (which had already overrun much of England from its base in Jorvik), Bagsecg's forces...
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    sons of the legendary Ragnar Lothbrok, as well as another 'king' called Bagsecg, and several 'earls'; and if it is assumed that Ivar is the Imar who had...
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    Amlaíb Cuarán Amlaíb Conung Aud the Deep-Minded (Ketilsdóttir) Auisle Bagsecg Berle-Kari Birka female Viking warrior Bjørn (floruit 856–58) Bjorn Asbrandsson...
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    citadel is captured and destroyed. The Danes, led by Halfdan Ragnarsson and Bagsecg, invade Wessex and take the royal estate at Reading (Berkshire), which...
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  • citadel is captured and destroyed. The Danes, led by Halfdan Ragnarsson and Bagsecg, invade Wessex and take the royal estate at Reading (Berkshire), which...
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  • Great Heathen Army, led by the Danish Viking kings Halfdan Ragnarsson and Bagsecg, march out after the Saxons. Six pitched battles are fought between the...
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