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1013-1014
- Becomes King of England after taking London in 1013
-Dies February 2, 1014 |
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| Aethelred the 2nd (Unready) |
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979-1016
- Failure is in his brutaility, loss of loyalty of followers
-After Swain Forkbeard's death he is called back to be king and rules untill 1016. |
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-Son of Aethelred the unready, emphasixed his father's errors.
-Becomes king in 1016 after Aethelred's death |
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-Ruled from 1016 to 1035
-He leaves after Forkbeard's death because he felt that he would be successful on his own. He returns in 1015 with Eadric Streona, Thorkell and his army of mercenaries. Takes Edmund's place after he dies in 1016.
-Married Emma of Normandy
-Appoints Godwine as Ealdorman of Wessex |
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| He betrays Aethelred the 2nd, deserting him for Cnut not once but twice, the second time against Edward Ironside. After Cnut becomes king and restores him as Ealdorman of Mercia, Cnut decides he can't trust him and executes him instead. |
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| Contemporary term referring to the tax Aethelred II paid to dane vikings to keep them from invading |
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| tax to pay for a mercenary army |
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Wife of Cnut. Cnut sends her and her son Swain to rule Norway while in England in 1030.
Rule failed because she tried to replace norwegian customs with Dane and English customs. She was expelled in 1033 and escaped in 1035. |
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| 3 Earls which ruled Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex during the succession crisis |
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Leofric, Siward and Godwine
Queen Emma controlled the winchester treasury |
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| Who supported Hathacnut during the sucession crisis and reasons |
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Archbishop of Cantabury
-Queen Emma and Cnut's marriage was seen as ligitimate under the church, therefore any children of theirs is the legit heir.
Queen Emma
-Obvious reasons
Godwine Earl of Wessex
-Wessex is most accessible to the normans and so supporting Hathacnut would protect him from assault, since they were allienced. |
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| Who supported Harold during the succession crisis and reasons |
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-While support would mean no allience with normandy and a larger threat from Scandinavia
-Familial reasons for supporting Harold
-Support also challenge's Godwine's and his family's ambitions |
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| Godwine earl of Wessex kills Alfred (Emma's son) after responding to her letter to return home. Harthacnut later charges Godwine for murder, only for Godwine to have lesser earls stand in for him as being just. Godwine pays Harthacnut a weregeld for the murder. |
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| son of Cnut and Emma, he rules Denmark until |
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| Sources that recorded Edward the Confessors reign |
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| William of Poitiers, Bayeux Tapestry, Anglo saxon Chronicle |
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| Two claims of the norman sources |
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1. That Edward offered the succession to william after his death
2. That Harold Godwine swore allegence to William and therefore his crowning was an act of betrayal. |
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| Caused by Edward appointing a norman as bishop of Cantebury |
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| Why is Harold sent to normandy? |
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| For trying to get Edward Ironside to come back and take the throne. He swore allegence as humiliation. |
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| Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066 |
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| Harold Harada vs. Harold Godwine - Godwine wins! |
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| Battle of Hastings Oct. 14, 1066 |
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| William the Conquerer vs. Harold, William wins. Norman feudalism is introduced - End of Anglo-Saxon Britain. |
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| St.Brice's Day Massacre 1002 |
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-Massacre of all English Danes, Swain's sister among them
- What provokes Swain to invade |
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