Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias

The Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias occurred in 844. Many longships were lost in the attack and the fleet retreated to Aquitaine.[7]

Viking raid on Galicia and Asturias
Date31 July 844
Location
Gijón and A Coruña
Result Asturian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias
Kingdom of Galicia		 Norwegian Vikings[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]

References
  1. Collins, Roger. Early Medieval Spain: Unity in Diversity, 400–1000. p. 193.
  2. A History of the Vikings.
  3. Haywood, John (2015). Northmen: The Viking Saga, AD 793–1241. p. 166.
  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.
  6. "Viking culture, people and history" (PDF).
  7. Ferguson, Robert (2012). The Viking Age.
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