Danish conquest of England

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The Danish conquest of England was the early 11th-century takeover of the English throne by Danish kings, culminating in Cnut the Great’s rule over a North Sea empire.

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
war of succession ⓘ
cause Danish dynastic ambitions in England ⓘ
weakening of Anglo-Saxon monarchy under Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
consequence Cnut the Great becomes king of all England ⓘ
continuation of Danish rule in England until 1042 ⓘ
increased Scandinavian influence in English politics ⓘ
integration of England into a North Sea Empire ⓘ
endDate 1016 ⓘ
followedBy North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Cnut the Great ⓘ
Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
historicalInterpretation seen as culmination of Viking expansion into England ⓘ
historicalSignificance reshaped the English monarchy and its connections to Scandinavia ⓘ
involvedCommander Cnut the Great ⓘ
Edmund Ironside ⓘ
Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Old English ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Norse
location England ⓘ
mainBelligerent Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark

Kingdom of England ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Assandun ⓘ
siege operations against London ⓘ
opposedBy Anglo-Saxon nobility ⓘ
partOf Viking Age ⓘ
precededBy Viking raids on England ⓘ
relatedTo Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
House of Knýtlinga ⓘ
Viking invasions of England ⓘ
result Danish victory ⓘ
establishment of Danish rule over England ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Assandun ⓘ
Treaty of Olney ⓘ
campaigns of Cnut the Great in England ⓘ
death of Edmund Ironside in 1016 ⓘ
death of Sweyn Forkbeard in 1014 ⓘ
division of England between Cnut and Edmund Ironside ⓘ
flight of Æthelred the Unready to Normandy ⓘ
invasion of England by Sweyn Forkbeard in 1013 ⓘ
return of Æthelred the Unready in 1014 ⓘ
startDate 1013 ⓘ
timePeriod early 11th century ⓘ

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Viking Age → notableEvent → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Danish conquest of England → followedBy → North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great ⓘ
linked to: Danish conquest of England
Anglo-Saxon England → significantEvent → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Emma of Normandy → notableEvent → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Viking invasions of England → hasPart → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Battle of Assandun → partOf → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → conflict → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
subject linked to: Ironside
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) → historicalContext → Danish conquest of England ⓘ
Edmund II → conflict → Danish invasion of England ⓘ
linked to: Danish conquest of England