Wulfhere was consecrated in 854. In 866 the
viking Great Heathen Army attacked and captured
York, and the following year the "
Danes" (as the English called vikings in general at the time) defeated an
attempt to recapture the city, by Anglo-Saxon forces, the following year. Wulfhere made peace with the invaders and stayed in York. When, in 872,
Northumbrians rebelled against the Danes and their collaborators, and Wulfhere fled York. Eventually he found refuge with King
Burgred of Mercia. Wulfhere was recalled in 873, and continued in York until his death in 892 or 900. == Coinage ==