What is Battle of Stamford Bridge?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Stamford Bridge | partof = the [[Norse activity in the British Isles|Viking invasions of England]] | image = BattleofStamfordbridge.png|center | caption = | date = 25 September 1066 | place = [[Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire]], England | result = Decisive English victory | combatant1 = [[Kingdom of England]] | combatant2 = [[Norwegian Empire|Kingdom of Norway]] * [[Earldom of Orkney]] English rebels | commander1 = [[Harold Godwinson]] | commander2 = [[Harald III of Norway|Harald Hardrada]]{{KIA}}<br> [[Tostig Godwinson]]{{KIA}} | strength1 = ~15,000{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} | strength2 = 9,000 (of which 3,000 engaged late in battle)<br>300 transport ships | casualties1 = unknown | casualties2 = ~8,000+ dead }} The '''Battle of Stamford Bridge''' took place near the [[village]] of [[Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire]], in [[England]]. On September 25th, 1066, an English army under [[Harold Godwinson|King Harold Godwinson]] fought an [[wikt:invading|invading]] [[Norway|Norwegian]] army led by [[Harald III of Norway|King Harald Hardrada]].<ref name=RickardHOW>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_stamford.html |title=Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066 |author=John Rickard |date=September 8, 2000 |publisher=historyofwar.org |access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> Harold's brother [[Tostig Godwinson]] joined Hardrada's forces.<ref name=RickardHOW/> After a bloody and brutal [[battle]], both Hardrada and Tostig, along with a large number of Norwegian warriors, were killed, and Godwinson's army achieved a complete victory.<ref name=RickardHOW/> The battle marks the end of the [[Viking Age]] in England.<ref name=bosbHN>{{cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/last-of-the-vikings-stamford-bridge-1066.htm |title=Last of the Vikings – Stamford Bridge, 1066 |publisher=HistoryNET |access-date=November 27, 2016}}</ref> Less than three weeks later, Godwinson's English