Guttron of Ledeborg (849-884) was King of Ledeborg from 881 to 884, succeeding Osbeorn and preceding Rolf. He was rivals with King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who whittled down his kingdom in a campaign from 880 to 881 before conquering his kingdom in 884. Guttron was slain at the Battle of Broughton, which sealed the fate of Ledeborg.
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Guttron was born in 849, the son of King Osbeorn of Ledeborg. He succeeded his father as King of Ledeborg on his death at the Battle of Cambridge in 880 AD, and Guttron quickly lost Ely and Huntingdon to King Alfred the Great's West Saxon army. In 881, Alfred paid Guttron thousands of gold pieces to bribe him into accepting a peace treaty, as the Welsh Rebellion and a Nordmann invasion required his immediate attention. In 884, Alfred resumed his war against Guttron, taking Rugby and Leicester without resistance. Guttron marched from Stamford with the goal of retaking Leicester, but, upon seeing King Alfred's superior numbers, he withdrew south to present-day Broughton Astley. There, King Alfred pursued him and engaged his army in the Battle of Broughton. During the fighting, Guttron was caught up in the melee and was disemboweled by a West Saxon soldier.
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