{"slug": "hastein", "label": "Hastein", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastein", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2628262", "qid": "Q2628262", "description": "Viking chieftain", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [859, 896], "span_label": ["859 CE", "896 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "loire", "label": "Loire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean-sea", "label": "Mediterranean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monastery", "label": "Monastery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-brittany", "label": "Duchy of Brittany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seine", "label": "Seine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tuscany", "label": "Tuscany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pisa", "label": "Pisa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 859, "year_label": "859 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Viking chieftains Hastein and Björn Ironside (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) begin an expedition, and sail from the Loire River with a fleet of 62 ships, to raid cities and monasteries in the Mediterranean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348997263#Europe", "title": "859", "revid": 1348997263, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 860, "year_label": "860 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Viking chieftains Hastein and Björn Ironside ravage upstream and move to Italy, sacking Luna (believing it to be Rome). They sail up the River Arno to sack the cities of Pisa and Fiesole (Tuscany).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666755#Europe", "title": "860", "revid": 1367666755, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 861, "year_label": "861 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – Robert the Strong is appointed margrave of Neustria by King Charles the Bald. He re-establishes the Breton March, and extends his remit by campaigning against Salomon, duke 'king' of Brittany. Robert hires a combined Seine-Loire fleet for 6,000 pounds of silver, 'before Salomon can ally with them against him'. In return, Salomon enlists 12 Viking ships under the command of Hastein, to raid the county of Maine, which, with Anjou, becomes squeezed between Brittany and Neustria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129426#Europe", "title": "861", "revid": 1341129426, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Viking raiders (80 ships) under Hastein arrive in the Thames Estuary, and set up camp at Middleton. King Alfred the Great decides to position his army in the Wealden Forest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Britain", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – A Viking army under Hastein moves to a fortified camp at Benfleet (Essex). The Danish camp is captured by the Saxons, while the army is out raiding. Hastein is forced to retreat to Shoebury.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Britain", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Viking pirate army under Hastein (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) ravages the Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog and Gwent (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Britain", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}