Battle of Meretun

Battle of Meretun
	Part of the Viking invasions of England
Date	22 March 871
Location	Wessex
Result	Viking victory
Belligerents
Wessex	Vikings
Commanders and leaders
	King Æthelred; Alfred the Great; Heahmund;

The Battle of Meretun (or Merton) between a West Saxon army led by King Æthelred and his brother, the future King Alfred the Great, and a Viking army took place on 22 March 871 at an unknown location in Wessex, probably in one of the modern counties of Dorset, Hampshire, or Wiltshire.