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Bagsecg
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Key facts
- Royalty.succession
- King (probably from Denmark)
- Royalty.reign
- 860s–871 AD
- Royalty.successor
- Halfdan Ragnarsson
- Royalty.birth_date
- 830
- Royalty.death_date
- approx. 8 January 871
- Royalty.death_place
- Ashdown, England
- Royalty.religion
- Norse religion
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Origins and Name
- The Great Army
- Invasion of Wessex
- Battle of Ashdown
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Primary sources
- Secondary sources
- External links
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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 Chronicle, Bagsecg and Healfdene (Norse Hálfdan) were "heathen kings" (hæþnan cyningas'') and joint commanders of the Great Army that invaded the Kingdom of Wessex during the northern winter of 870/71.