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King why was England part of Denmark and

was Alfred great was Edgar peaceful and

was Ethelred unready the kings and

queens of England

the Saxons get the savagery started

after the Romans retreated from Britain

in the 5th century tribal chieftains

throughout the island spent the next few

hundred years fighting over territory

some grew stronger and some consolidated

power while others fell to the wayside

in the end one dynasty the house of

Wessex emerged to establish a monarchy

that while its past has not been smooth

or straight has been an unbroken line

from the ninth century all the way to

the modern queen and her defendant the

house of Wessex Alfred the Great

Alfred was the fourth son of the king of

the small kingdom of Wessex as a child

he accompanied his father on pilgrimage

to Rome his family were continuously

fighting the Viking invasions and Alfred

proved himself a capable military leader

in the kingdoms defence one by one

Alfred's brothers fell victim to the

savage life of a warrior and Alfred was

crowned king of Wessex in 871 at the age

of 22 he defeated the Vikings in two

significant battles and the Danish King

Guthrum was forced to make peace with

him their treaty divided England between

the kings the Northeast to dust room and

the southwest to Alfred adding

significant territory to his rule Alfred

married Aeolus a Mercia noblewoman

and further strengthened his power

Alfred's name means wise elf and he

certainly was he built up the country's

defenses with four or five communities

reorganized the army and established a

navy toward our future Viking attack he

promoted education improved the justice

system and reformed coinage

he also reestablished the Roman city of

London which has been ravaged after

years of Viking attack

but had a crucial location on the River

Thames when Alfred died at 50 after 28

years on the throne he was known as the

king of the anglo-saxons or king of the

English Edward the elder Alfred's eldest

son was the next on the throne he ruled

for 25 years and continued to expand to

English Kingdom he captured East Anglia

from the Danes

and ensured nearly a century of respite

from Viking attacked he became ruler of

Mercia and nine and keen upon the death

of his sister who had inherited the

Lambs from their mother at this time

inherited lands were often divided

between children rather than oldest

takes all Edward died at 50 ed will

stand upon Edward's death his son Ethel

Stan was named king of Mercia his

brother L feared may have been named

king of Wessex but Alfred

only outlived their father by 16 days so

Eccleston took control of both

territories he conquered the last

remaining Viking stronghold York making

him the first anglo-saxon King to rule

the whole of England he invaded Scotland

and forced the kings of Scotland and

Wales to submit to him he centralized

government and continued the legal

reforms of his grandfather Alfred he

established England as a power in Europe

arranging political marriages for many

of his sisters to foreign camps as well

Stan was incredibly pious he collected

relics founded churches and never

married he ruled for 15 years and died

at 44

Edmund first Ethel stand younger brother

Edmund became King at the age of 18

during his seven-year range he lost the

Midlands to evasion and memory comfortab

established peace relations with the

kings of Scotland and Dublin and helped

to restore Louisa for asking a friend

Edmunds first wife Alva of Shaftesbury

for him two sons both of whom would

later

Kings she was renowned for her charity

and was made a saint after her death at

25 Edmond was assassinated while

attending Mass the culprit an exiled

thief was himself murdered on the spot

Ygritte as Edmonds sons were still

children Edmonds brother Ygritte took

the throne he had to deal with continued

uprisings in Northumbria he ruled for

nine years before succumbing to a

digestif illness at the age of 32 he

died a bachelor Eid wig

after his uncle's death Edmonds the

first eldest son Eid wig Safa throne he

was 15 his reign was tarnished by

womanizing and rivalries with Nobles

when Ygritte failed to show up for a

council meeting of Bishop went to look

for him he found him in bed with two

women a mother and daughter the bishop

dragged eat wood to the council the

court and church were tired of their

Kings immoral ways and rallied around

each boys younger brother Edgar they

annulled the Kings marriage against his

will on the grounds of continuity or

that he and his wife were too closely

related but really they didn't want any

children stepping in Edgar's way advic

died at the age of 19 the reason has

lost history but the council certainly

wasn't shedding any tears Edgar the

peaceful after his brother's death

Edgar reestablished relations with the

nobles and clergy his brother had

alienated his coronation was the first

of its kind in which Nobles throughout

Britain pledged their allegiance to him

this formed the basis for the coronation

ceremony still celebrated today his wife

L Farris was crowned as Queen by his

side the first queen of England to have

this honor he was known as Edgar the

peaceful as his reign marked an end to

the decision among petty kingdoms he

also gave land to establish Benedictine

monasteries throughout the country

Edgar ruled for 15 years and died at 31

Edward the martyr upon Edgar's death

Nobles chose to rally around his oldest

child

Edward who was 13 even though he was

illegitimate at such a young age Edward

was a weak King noble stole much of the

land and wealth his father had gifted

the monasteries Nobles quarreled and

civil war nearly broke out at 16 Edward

was murdered some believe at the order

of the Dowager Queen elf Thoris to clear

the way for her own son Ethelred to take

the throne Ethelred the unready at 12s

read was given the crowd the unready is

a mistranslation of the old english word

unread meaning bad council early in his

reign fighting danes once again began

raiding the English coast eventually

culminating in the Battle of Malden

which Ethelred lost badly he was forced

to pay tribute to the Danish King Sweyn

Forkbeard in retaliation Ethelred

ordered a massacre of Danish settlers in

England swim invaded England and forced

Ethelred to flee to Normandy the House

of Denmark swim Forkbeard was the King

of Denmark and most of Norway he

conquered England in 1013 and died the

following year at the age of 54 he named

his son Knut as his heir for the nobles

of England offered to bring Ethelred the

unready back as king in exchange for the

crown Ethelred had to sign an agreement

the first of its kind guaranteeing

rights to his people and limiting his

power with the English against him Knut

decided to his draw and Ethelred was

once again king at least for two more

years until he died Edmund Ironside

Ethelred son Edmund earned the name

Ironsides because of his valour in

defending London from the Danes when his

father died he took the crown at the age

of 26 Knut invaded England once more and

this time he was victorious Edmund was

given Wessex to rule but can

took the rest of England Edmund died

from a battle wound within months of his

defeat Knut Knut the Great was king of

England Denmark and Norway the North Sea

Empire he took the throne of England at

21 he maintained power over those he

conquered by promoting the English who

supported him donating to churches and

ending the taxes that England had been

paying to the Danes ethelred's widow

Emma of Normandy didn't want to lose her

power and status so she married Knut

Emma was a powerful queen who promoted

her own children over those of Canute's

first wife Knut is often associated with

a legend that he was so arrogant he

stood at the beach and tried to command

the ways to obey Him however by most

accounts he was a wise and just ruler he

died suddenly at age 40 Harold Harford

Harold was Canute's eldest son by his

first wife Elfie view of Northampton but

it was his younger half-brother hearthat

kamut who was named commutes heir it is

not clear why the older brother was

passed over but one legend suggests that

he may not have been Knut son but rather

the son of a cobbler that elf cashews

passed off as Knut this rumor may have

been started by tosser Canute's

mother-in-law of Normandy

no matter the circumstances when their

father died harthacnut was away on

campaign in Denmark and Harald was

appointed Regent until the proper king

could arrive two years into his Regency

Harald had enough support among the

nobles to have himself declared king two

of his step brothers Edward and Alfred

arrived seized power but Alfred was

captured blinded and murdered Harold

didn't get to enjoy his stolen crown for

long he died at 24

Parsa Knut after his brother Harold's

death carsick minute was peacefully

offered the crown by the English but he

came with an invading army just in case

he had his treacherous brother Harold

body exhumed publicly beheaded and

thrown in the Thames how's the Knut was

very unpopular as he rejected the King's

Council in favor of autocratic rule he

only trusted one adviser Godwin Earl of

Wessex who wielded great power in his

corpse Parsa Knut doubled the size of

the navy and packed the people heavily

to pay for it causing riots and the

murders of tax collectors a northern

Earl offended harthacnut

and when the Earl offered to reconcile

the King promised him safe conduct but

instead had him murdered from then on

the king was known as an Oathbreaker

hostage Knut was plagued by illness

likely tuberculosis when at 24 it was

clear that he would die his mother Emma

persuaded him to invite her son's heart

the Knut half-brother Edward to return

from exile and take the throne

Edward the Confessor in 1042 following

his half-brothers death Edward the son

of Ethelred the unready and Emma of

Normandy took the throne and

re-establish the house of Wessex as the

ruling dynasty of England he was 39 and

had did much of his life in exile in

Normandy he brought several Norman

courtiers with him to London which

enraged the English nobility

however Arthur Canute's advisor Godwin

was still the real power behind the

throne Edward married Godwin's daughter

Edith of Wessex as his name might

suggest Edward was a very religious man

which could explain why he failed to

father children his 24 years on the

throne marked a peaceful time in England

the calm before the storm in 1066 Harold

died at the ripe old age of 62 and was

made a saint however as he left no heirs

the country would fall into bloody

turmoil over who should be the neck

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