Byrhtnoth (Old English: Byrhtnoð), Ealdorman of Essex (c. 931 - 11 August 991), died at the Battle of Maldon. His name is composed of the Old English...

Blackwater in Essex, England, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion. The battle ended...

reached by a causeway. A Viking messenger offers Byrhtnoth peace if he will consent to pay tribute. Byrhtnoth angrily refuses, telling the messenger that he...

among other noblemen, notably Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia, and Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Essex. In the end, Edward's supporters proved the more powerful...

Garden of Eden. Others have likened Fëanor to the Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth whose foolish pride led to defeat and death at the Battle of Maldon. Tom...

Tolkien felt acutely the error made by the English commander, the ealdorman Byrhtnoth, at the Battle of Maldon, allowing the Vikings to step ashore and win...

battle site of Northey Island and the Causeway) of the slain Saxon warrior Byrhtnoth. According to the Domesday Book of 1086, there were 54 households and...

the English leader Byrhtnoth for overconfidently giving ground to the enemy: the disastrous mistake led to defeat and Byrhtnoth's death. Scholars have...

(d. c. 1006) Ælfric, ealdorman of Hampshire Æthelweard the Chronicler Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Essex (d. 991) Eadric Streona, ealdorman of the Mercians...

(died c. 1002). Ælfflæd was married to Byrhtnoth, who probably succeeded her father as ealdorman of Essex. Byrhtnoth was killed at the Battle of Maldon in...

a raid by Olaf Tryggvason at the mouth of the River Thames, ealdorman Byrhtnoth is killed in the Battle of Maldon in Essex, which is commemorated in the...

precedent of the documented but lost hanging of the Anglo-Saxon warrior Byrhtnoth, bequeathed by his widow to Ely Abbey. Other theories exist. Carola Hicks...

Ælfgifu, was probably Æthelweard's sister, and one of Eadwig's supporters, Byrhtnoth, may have been descended from the Mercian royal family through the ætheling...

H., Medieval Monasticism. London: Longman, 1984. p, 52 Grout, James. "Byrhtnoth at Ely Cathedral". penelope.uchicago.edu. James Grout. Retrieved 24 April...

Elmham, Ælfwine of Elmham, Ælfgar of Elmham, Eadnoth of Dorchester and Byrhtnoth, eorldorman of Essex, were found, and relocated into West's chapel. Also...

Mercia and Æthelstan Half-King's son Æthelwold in East Anglia, while Byrhtnoth, the future hero of the Battle of Maldon, became ealdorman of Essex. These...

of Gandalf's stand in Moria with Byrhtnoth's action in the Battle of Maldon Leader Encounter Action Result Byrhtnoth Battle of Maldon Allows Viking enemy...

belongings to take off with, booty and rings and an ornamental sword. Then Byrhtnoth drew his sword from its sheath broad and bright of blade, and then struck...

Danes demanded that the English pay a ransom, but the English commander Byrhtnoth refused; he was killed in the ensuing Battle of Maldon, and the English...

Other ealdormen appointed were Æthelstan Rota in Mercia in late 955 and Byrhtnoth, the future hero of the Battle of Maldon, who became ealdorman of Essex...

Ipswich, and Earl Byrhtnoth’s men who were defending Maldon on the instruction of the Saxon King Æthelred the Unready. Earl Byrhtnoth was in his sixties...

Baugegundus, Bauglind, Baugulf *berht-; beraht, bryht, briht bright Y Y Byrhtnoth, Bertrand, Bertram, Bertold/Berthold, Beorhtric, Bertrude, Brihtwyn; Cuthbert...

al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt 979 – Gero, Count of Alsleben 991 – Byrhtnoth, English soldier (b. 956) 1044 – Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of...

leading to Northey Island. The Saxons were defeated and their leader, Byrhtnoth, was killed. The Blackwater was a source of fish and oysters for the town...

Sherlock Holmes in Meiringen, The Beatles near The Cavern Club, Dorothy L. Sayers in Witham, Byrhtnoth in Maldon and Isambard Kingdom Brunel in Bristol....

Battle of Maldon in Essex, before the battle, the Anglo-Saxons' leader Byrhtnoth says, "let his tame hawk fly from his hand to the wood". 1070s – The Bayeux...

Magyar invasion of the West. 991 – Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings...

the Liber Eliensis records that the widow of the Anglo-Saxon commander Byrhtnoth gave Ely Abbey a tapestry or hanging celebrating his deeds, presumably...

Confessor (1065). The 325 line poem The Battle of Maldon celebrates Earl Byrhtnoth and his men who fell in battle against the Vikings in 991. It is considered...

is born to parents Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhilda of Poland. 992 AD Earl Byrhtnoth and his thegns led the English against a Viking invasion in the Battle...