Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias
| Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Asturias.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Galicia |
 Norwegian Vikings[1] | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Ramiro I of Asturias | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 150 ships[2] | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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70 longships burnt[3][4] Heavy human losses[5][6] | |||||||
The Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias occurred in 844. Many longships were lost in the attack and the fleet retreated to Aquitaine.[7]
Raid
[edit]In 844, the Vikings, who at that time infested all the maritime provinces of Europe, made a descent at A Coruña, and began to raid the countryside, burning and pillaging. King Ramiro I of Asturias marched against them with a potent army, managed to rout the invaders with a prodigious slaughter, took many of them as prisoners, and burned the best part of their fleet. Ramiro's reception frightened the Viking raiders, so raiding parties no longer troubled the parts of Spain that were under the king's control.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Collins, Roger. Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000. p. 193.
- ^ Kendrick, Sir Thomas D. (24 October 2018). A History of the Vikings. ISBN 9781136242397.
- ^ Haywood, John (2015). Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793–1241. p. 166. ISBN 9781781855225.
- ^ Flood, Timothy M. (2018). Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711–1492. McFarland. p. 30.
- ^ An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 19. 1760.
- ^ "Viking culture, people and history" (PDF).
- ^ Ferguson, Robert (2012). The Viking Age.