The Battle of Maldon took place Process_start on 11 August 991 AD near Maldon beside the River Blackwater in Essex , England , during the reign of Æthelred the Unready .

After the battle Archbishop Sigeric of Canterbury and the aldermen of the south-western provinces advised Convincing King Æthelred to buy off the Vikings rather than continue the armed struggle Hostile_encounter .

King Æthelred of Wessex and Prince Alfred fought Hostile_encounter against the Danes , who were possibly under the leadership of King Halfdan Ragnarsson , who had commanded Control many of the earlier battles that year .

It was the last of the battles Hostile_encounter known Know to be fought Defending by Æthelred against the Danes that year , and the defeated King is reported Reporting to have died Death on 15 April 871 .

The more westerly locations tend to be favoured Protest because King Æthelred was buried Rite in Wimborne Minster , Dorset , shortly afterwards .

Another possible location for the battle Hostile_encounter is at Merritown , on the River Stour , a few miles downstream of Wimborne , thus providing Supply a short journey Traveling with the body of King Æthelred .