Peter Nicolai Arbo England 5th January 1066 , The English king Edward the confessor and then earl Harold Godwinson was proclaimed king at Westminster Abbey the day after the 6th. Edward the confessor had promised both Harold and William "Bastard" of Normandy the seat of the throne before he died. Both men were distant relatives to the childless Edward the confessor. When William heard of it he quickly raised an army. Harald Hardrada also claimed the English throne and he was faster than William the bastard and on 8th September,1066 240-300 Viking ships landed on the beaches of Scarborough and began an attempt to gain the English throne. 20th September,1066 Battle of Fulford : Harald Hardrada defeated the English earls Edwin and Walther. 2 days later Harald Hardrada attacked and conquered York. 24th September,1066 Harold Godwinson arrived after marching from London. 25th September,1066 Battle of Stamford bridge Battle of Stamford bridge Harald...
Internal opposition and turmoil convinced Horik to seek peace and secure the border.
France
The Franks split into 3 kingdoms. In the Summer Bordeaux was plundered by Viking raiders. King Charles the Bald sent a Frankish fleet to end the siege. Despite they destroyed Viking ships on the River Dordogne they fail to save the town. The Abbey of Saint-Pierre in Brantôme was looted.
Germany
Louis the German, ruler of East France was seeking peace, Ansgar acted as a middleman when the 2 kings negotiated and he won the respect of king Horik and king Louis the German.
Orkney
According to the Orkneyinga saga Rognvald "The Wise" Eysteinsson was the first viking who ruled Orkney.
Ireland
The arrival of a fleet with large number of Scandinavian warriors, these were different from the first raiders, that the historians named them "dark heathens of black foreigners, they were probably Danish, they overwhelmed the Finngall "fair foreigners" who came from SW Norway and attacked their base at Dublin, and they plundered and killed many men.
Máel Sechnaill mac Maíl Ruanaid, High King of Mide, defeated a Viking army at Sciath Nechtain. 700 Vikings were killed. Cerbhall defeated the Dublin vikings. Vikings were defeated at Sligo, Kildare, Cashel and Cork |
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