WebSweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King of Denmark from 986 to 1014, also at times King of the English and King of Norway.He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great, and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter.

WebThe Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin, Constantine II, King of Scotland, and Owain, King of Strathclyde.The battle is often cited as the point of origin for English nationalism: historians such as Michael Livingston argue that "the men who fought and died on that …

WebÆlfgifu of York (fl. c. 970 – 1002) was the first wife of Æthelred the Unready, King of the English; as such, she was Queen of the English from their marriage in the 980s until her death in 1002. They had many children together, including Edmund Ironside.It is most probable that Ælfgifu was a daughter of Thored, Earl of southern Northumbria.

WebNov 04, 2021 · WIKIPEDIA (Eng) Saint Margaret (c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), was the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the short-ruling and uncrowned Anglo-Saxon King of England. ... Florentii Wigorniensis monachi chronicon ex chronicis. 2 vols. London, 1848-9 o tr. J. Stevenson, Church Historians of England. 8 vols: vol. 2.1. London, 1855. 171-372.

WebStrathclyde (lit. "Strath of the River Clyde", Welsh: Ystrad Clud and Strað-Clota in Old English), was a Brittonic successor state of the Roman Empire and one of the early medieval kingdoms of the Britons, located in the region the Welsh tribes referred to as Yr Hen Ogledd (“the Old North"), which comprised the Brythonic-speaking parts of what is now southern …

WebThe earliest-surviving source, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, along with John of Worcester's Chronicon ex chronicis and its associated genealogical tables (sometimes named separately as Regalis prosapia Anglorum), Symeon of Durham (thaes ceseres maga) and Ailred of Rievaulx describe Agatha as a kinswoman of "Emperor Henry", the latter …

WebThe Bayeux Tapestry (UK: / b aɪ ˈ j ɜː, b eɪ-/, US: / ˈ b eɪ j uː, ˈ b aɪ-/; French: Tapisserie de Bayeux [tapisʁi də bajø] or La telle du conquest; Latin: Tapete Baiocense) is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke …

WebDie normannische Eroberung Englands im Jahr 1066 begann mit der Invasion des Königreichs England durch Herzog Wilhelm II. der Normandie, die nach der Schlacht bei Hastings zur normannischen Herrschaft über England führte. Herzog Wilhelm II. wurde dadurch mit dem Königstitel Wilhelm I. zum Herrscher des Königreichs England.Er …

WebEric Haraldsson (Old Norse: Eiríkr Haraldsson [ˈɛiˌriːkz̠ ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson], Norwegian: Eirik Haraldsson; died 954), nicknamed Bloodaxe (Old Norse: blóðøx [ˈbloːdˌøks], Norwegian: Blodøks) and Brother-Slayer (Latin: fratrum interfector), was a 10th-century Norwegian king.He ruled as King of Norway from 932 to 934, and twice as King of Northumbria: from …

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WebSaint Margaret of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Naomh Maighréad; Scots: Saunt Marget, c. 1045 – 16 November 1093), also known as Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess and a Scottish queen.Margaret was sometimes called "The Pearl of Scotland". Born in the Kingdom of Hungary to the expatriate English prince Edward the Exile, Margaret and her …

WebPenda (died 15 November 655) was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands.A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king Edwin at …

WebHarthacnut (Danish: Hardeknud; "Tough-knot"; c. 1018 – 8 June 1042), traditionally Hardicanute, sometimes referred to as Canute III, was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of the English from 1040 to 1042.. Harthacnut was the son of King Cnut the Great (who ruled Denmark, Norway, and England) and Emma of Normandy.When Cnut died in …

WebHistoria Medieval. Oxford se estableció por primera vez en los tiempos sajones y fue conocida inicialmente como "Oxenaforda", que significa "Ford of the Oxen" ("vado de los bueyes") (según la Sociedad de las nomenclaturas de lugares de Inglaterra, [2] que se basan en una referencia en la obra de Florence de Worcester, Chronicon ex chronicis); …