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| 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]
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- ^ 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ Ferguson, Robert (2012). The Viking Age.