Back Batalla de Hatfield Chase Catalan Brwydr Meicen (Hatfield) Welsh Schlacht von Hatfield Chase German Batalla de Hatfield Chase Spanish Bataille de Hatfield Chase French Batalla de Hatfield Chase Galician Pertempuran Hatfield Chase ID Battaglia di Hatfield Chase Italian Slag bij Hatfield Chase Dutch Slaget ved Hatfield Chase NB
| Battle of Hatfield Chase | |||||||
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 Depiction of Edwin at St Mary, Sledmere, Yorkshire. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kingdom of Gwynedd Kingdom of Mercia Kingdom of Elmet |
Kingdom of Northumbria Kingdom of Bernicia Kingdom of Deira | ||||||
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Cadwallon ap Cadfan Penda Eowa ? |
Edwin † Osfrith † Eadfrith (captured) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,800 | 3,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 700 killed or wounded | 2,000 killed | ||||||
The Battle of Hatfield Chase (Old English: Hæðfeld; Old Welsh: Meigen) was fought on 12 October 633[1] It pitted the Northumbrians against an alliance of Gwynedd and Mercia. The Northumbrians were led by Edwin and the Gwynedd-Mercian alliance was led by Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda. The site of the battle was a marshy area about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Doncaster on the south bank of the River Don, though this location has been disputed.[dubious – discuss] It was a decisive victory for Gwynedd and the Mercians: Edwin was killed and his army defeated, leading to the temporary collapse of Northumbria.
- ^ Bede gives the date as 12 October in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People (book II, chapter 20), but the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle gives the date as 14 October. Bede also gives the year as 633; however, a question about what Bede considered the starting point of the years as he used them has raised the possibility that the battle may have actually taken place in 632.