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how can starting a rumor make your son
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King why was England part of Denmark and
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was Alfred great was Edgar peaceful and
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was Ethelred unready the kings and
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queens of England
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the Saxons get the savagery started
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after the Romans retreated from Britain
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in the 5th century tribal chieftains
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throughout the island spent the next few
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hundred years fighting over territory
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some grew stronger and some consolidated
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power while others fell to the wayside
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in the end one dynasty the house of
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Wessex emerged to establish a monarchy
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that while its past has not been smooth
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or straight has been an unbroken line
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from the ninth century all the way to
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the modern queen and her defendant the
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house of Wessex Alfred the Great
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Alfred was the fourth son of the king of
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the small kingdom of Wessex as a child
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he accompanied his father on pilgrimage
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to Rome his family were continuously
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fighting the Viking invasions and Alfred
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proved himself a capable military leader
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in the kingdoms defence one by one
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Alfred's brothers fell victim to the
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savage life of a warrior and Alfred was
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crowned king of Wessex in 871 at the age
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of 22 he defeated the Vikings in two
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significant battles and the Danish King
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Guthrum was forced to make peace with
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him their treaty divided England between
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the kings the Northeast to dust room and
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the southwest to Alfred adding
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significant territory to his rule Alfred
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married Aeolus a Mercia noblewoman
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and further strengthened his power
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Alfred's name means wise elf and he
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certainly was he built up the country's
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defenses with four or five communities
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reorganized the army and established a
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navy toward our future Viking attack he
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promoted education improved the justice
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system and reformed coinage
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he also reestablished the Roman city of
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London which has been ravaged after
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years of Viking attack
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but had a crucial location on the River
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Thames when Alfred died at 50 after 28
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years on the throne he was known as the
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king of the anglo-saxons or king of the
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English Edward the elder Alfred's eldest
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son was the next on the throne he ruled
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for 25 years and continued to expand to
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English Kingdom he captured East Anglia
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from the Danes
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and ensured nearly a century of respite
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from Viking attacked he became ruler of
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Mercia and nine and keen upon the death
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of his sister who had inherited the
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Lambs from their mother at this time
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inherited lands were often divided
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between children rather than oldest
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takes all Edward died at 50 ed will
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stand upon Edward's death his son Ethel
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Stan was named king of Mercia his
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brother L feared may have been named
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king of Wessex but Alfred
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only outlived their father by 16 days so
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Eccleston took control of both
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territories he conquered the last
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remaining Viking stronghold York making
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him the first anglo-saxon King to rule
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the whole of England he invaded Scotland
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and forced the kings of Scotland and
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Wales to submit to him he centralized
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government and continued the legal
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reforms of his grandfather Alfred he
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established England as a power in Europe
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arranging political marriages for many
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of his sisters to foreign camps as well
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Stan was incredibly pious he collected
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relics founded churches and never
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married he ruled for 15 years and died
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at 44
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Edmund first Ethel stand younger brother
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Edmund became King at the age of 18
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during his seven-year range he lost the
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Midlands to evasion and memory comfortab
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established peace relations with the
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kings of Scotland and Dublin and helped
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to restore Louisa for asking a friend
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Edmunds first wife Alva of Shaftesbury
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for him two sons both of whom would
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later
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Kings she was renowned for her charity
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and was made a saint after her death at
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25 Edmond was assassinated while
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attending Mass the culprit an exiled
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thief was himself murdered on the spot
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Ygritte as Edmonds sons were still
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children Edmonds brother Ygritte took
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the throne he had to deal with continued
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uprisings in Northumbria he ruled for
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nine years before succumbing to a
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digestif illness at the age of 32 he
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died a bachelor Eid wig
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after his uncle's death Edmonds the
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first eldest son Eid wig Safa throne he
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was 15 his reign was tarnished by
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womanizing and rivalries with Nobles
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when Ygritte failed to show up for a
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council meeting of Bishop went to look
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for him he found him in bed with two
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women a mother and daughter the bishop
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dragged eat wood to the council the
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court and church were tired of their
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Kings immoral ways and rallied around
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each boys younger brother Edgar they
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annulled the Kings marriage against his
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will on the grounds of continuity or
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that he and his wife were too closely
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related but really they didn't want any
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children stepping in Edgar's way advic
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died at the age of 19 the reason has
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lost history but the council certainly
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wasn't shedding any tears Edgar the
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peaceful after his brother's death
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Edgar reestablished relations with the
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nobles and clergy his brother had
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alienated his coronation was the first
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of its kind in which Nobles throughout
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Britain pledged their allegiance to him
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this formed the basis for the coronation
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ceremony still celebrated today his wife
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L Farris was crowned as Queen by his
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side the first queen of England to have
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this honor he was known as Edgar the
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peaceful as his reign marked an end to
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the decision among petty kingdoms he
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also gave land to establish Benedictine
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monasteries throughout the country
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Edgar ruled for 15 years and died at 31
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Edward the martyr upon Edgar's death
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Nobles chose to rally around his oldest
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child
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Edward who was 13 even though he was
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illegitimate at such a young age Edward
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was a weak King noble stole much of the
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land and wealth his father had gifted
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the monasteries Nobles quarreled and
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civil war nearly broke out at 16 Edward
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was murdered some believe at the order
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of the Dowager Queen elf Thoris to clear
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the way for her own son Ethelred to take
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the throne Ethelred the unready at 12s
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read was given the crowd the unready is
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a mistranslation of the old english word
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unread meaning bad council early in his
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reign fighting danes once again began
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raiding the English coast eventually
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culminating in the Battle of Malden
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which Ethelred lost badly he was forced
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to pay tribute to the Danish King Sweyn
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Forkbeard in retaliation Ethelred
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ordered a massacre of Danish settlers in
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England swim invaded England and forced
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Ethelred to flee to Normandy the House
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of Denmark swim Forkbeard was the King
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of Denmark and most of Norway he
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conquered England in 1013 and died the
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following year at the age of 54 he named
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his son Knut as his heir for the nobles
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of England offered to bring Ethelred the
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unready back as king in exchange for the
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crown Ethelred had to sign an agreement
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the first of its kind guaranteeing
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rights to his people and limiting his
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power with the English against him Knut
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decided to his draw and Ethelred was
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once again king at least for two more
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years until he died Edmund Ironside
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Ethelred son Edmund earned the name
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Ironsides because of his valour in
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defending London from the Danes when his
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father died he took the crown at the age
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of 26 Knut invaded England once more and
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this time he was victorious Edmund was
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given Wessex to rule but can
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took the rest of England Edmund died
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from a battle wound within months of his
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defeat Knut Knut the Great was king of
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England Denmark and Norway the North Sea
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Empire he took the throne of England at
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21 he maintained power over those he
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conquered by promoting the English who
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supported him donating to churches and
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ending the taxes that England had been
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paying to the Danes ethelred's widow
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Emma of Normandy didn't want to lose her
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power and status so she married Knut
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Emma was a powerful queen who promoted
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her own children over those of Canute's
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first wife Knut is often associated with
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a legend that he was so arrogant he
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stood at the beach and tried to command
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the ways to obey Him however by most
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accounts he was a wise and just ruler he
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died suddenly at age 40 Harold Harford
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Harold was Canute's eldest son by his
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first wife Elfie view of Northampton but
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it was his younger half-brother hearthat
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kamut who was named commutes heir it is
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not clear why the older brother was
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passed over but one legend suggests that
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he may not have been Knut son but rather
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the son of a cobbler that elf cashews
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passed off as Knut this rumor may have
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been started by tosser Canute's
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mother-in-law of Normandy
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no matter the circumstances when their
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father died harthacnut was away on
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campaign in Denmark and Harald was
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appointed Regent until the proper king
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could arrive two years into his Regency
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Harald had enough support among the
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nobles to have himself declared king two
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of his step brothers Edward and Alfred
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arrived seized power but Alfred was
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captured blinded and murdered Harold
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didn't get to enjoy his stolen crown for
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long he died at 24
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Parsa Knut after his brother Harold's
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death carsick minute was peacefully
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offered the crown by the English but he
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came with an invading army just in case
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he had his treacherous brother Harold
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body exhumed publicly beheaded and
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thrown in the Thames how's the Knut was
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very unpopular as he rejected the King's
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Council in favor of autocratic rule he
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only trusted one adviser Godwin Earl of
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Wessex who wielded great power in his
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corpse Parsa Knut doubled the size of
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the navy and packed the people heavily
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to pay for it causing riots and the
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murders of tax collectors a northern
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Earl offended harthacnut
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and when the Earl offered to reconcile
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the King promised him safe conduct but
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instead had him murdered from then on
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the king was known as an Oathbreaker
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hostage Knut was plagued by illness
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likely tuberculosis when at 24 it was
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clear that he would die his mother Emma
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persuaded him to invite her son's heart
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the Knut half-brother Edward to return
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from exile and take the throne
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Edward the Confessor in 1042 following
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his half-brothers death Edward the son
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of Ethelred the unready and Emma of
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Normandy took the throne and
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re-establish the house of Wessex as the
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ruling dynasty of England he was 39 and
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had did much of his life in exile in
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Normandy he brought several Norman
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courtiers with him to London which
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enraged the English nobility
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however Arthur Canute's advisor Godwin
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was still the real power behind the
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throne Edward married Godwin's daughter
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Edith of Wessex as his name might
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suggest Edward was a very religious man
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which could explain why he failed to
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father children his 24 years on the
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throne marked a peaceful time in England
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the calm before the storm in 1066 Harold
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died at the ripe old age of 62 and was
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made a saint however as he left no heirs
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the country would fall into bloody
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turmoil over who should be the neck
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King of England check out the next video
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to find out how did England have four
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kings in one year why do we call cows
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beef once they're on the table and what
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is the best place to murder your brother
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and take his crown
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