Skip to main content

1066 - French horsepower broke England

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...

878 - King Alfred the great won Battle of Edington

England
Ravenbanner captured from Danes in 878 a magical talisman (woven by Ubbe’s 3 sisters, the daughters of  legendary king Ragnar Lothbrok)  that was believed to foretell victory if the raven’s wings caught the wind before a battle.
King Alfred united his people for a last desperate fight and in the bloody battle at Etandum (Between the towns Asdown and Chippenham), Alfred the great won the battle and he then entered Chippenham where he forced viking chief Guthrum to be baptized and become a Christian.
The treaty of Wedmore established the Danelaw. The Ravenbanner was mentioned 
Wales
Viking soldiers of fortune was hired by Hywel ab Ieuaf ab Idwal the Bald , they destroyed the Church of Clynnog Fawr and attacked the Lleyn territory in Gwynedd.
The Welsh usurpator Hywel had hired the vikings to assist in his desire for the throne of Gwynedd.

Comments