Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias
Date31 July 844
Location
Gijón and A Coruña
Result Asturian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias
Kingdom of Galicia		 Kingdom of Norway[1]
Commanders and leaders
Ramiro I of Asturias Unknown
Strength
150 ships[2]
Casualties and losses
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

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

References

  1. ^ Collins, Roger. Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000. p. 193.
  2. ^ Kendrick, Sir Thomas D. (24 October 2018). A History of the Vikings. ISBN 9781136242397.
  3. ^ Haywood, John (2015). Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793–1241. p. 166. ISBN 9781781855225.
  4. ^ Flood, Timothy M. (2018). Rulers and Realms in Medieval Iberia, 711–1492. McFarland. p. 30.
  5. ^ An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time, Volume 19. 1760.
  6. ^ "Viking culture, people and history" (PDF).
  7. ^ Ferguson, Robert (2012). The Viking Age.
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