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The Story Of Athelstan, The Unlikely Ruler Who Became The First King Of EnglandWith England unified under his rule ... In 937, Constantine of the Scots, Owain of Strathclyde, and the Viking king Olaf ...
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Björn Ironside Was A Brave Viking Hero In Scandinavian Legend — But Did He Really Exist?Several medieval chronicles tell of Björn Ironside, a Viking king who ruled in Sweden and Norway in the ninth century C.E., ...
Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...
After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...
Cnut the Great, also known as Canute or Knut Sveinsson (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki; died 12 November 1035) was a Viking king of England, Denmark and Norway. His successes as a statesman ...
Leading the West Saxon forces was King ... England. Less is known about the warrior bishop Heahmund, though he was of course memorably portrayed by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the epic TV series, Vikings.
He married his daughter to Olaf Guthfrithsson, the pagan king of Viking Dublin and persuaded Owein of Strathclyde, his relative, to support his cause. In 937 AD they invaded Aethelstan's England.
After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...
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