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...
The son of Sigtryg Gale, Olaf Guthfrithson of Dublin(Olaf Kvaran) tried to reestablish the viking supremacy over Northumbria, he conquered York, but shortly after King Athelstan gave him a devastating defeat at the unknown location of the Battle of Brunanburh. The armies of the Scottish alliance invaded England, possibly through the River Humber. Athelstan and Edmund marched fast to meet them. The battle was the largest battle ever fought on English soil up to that point and lasted all day. After some fierce fighting the Anglo-Saxons eventually broke the Viking shield wall and won the battle. Athelstan defeated a coalition of Dublin vikings,Welsh, Scotsmen( led by Constantine 2) and Owain`s company of Strathclyde Britons. Egil Skallagrimsson participated in the battle he served under the English King Athelstan.
Olaf Guthfrithson of Dublin(Olaf Kvaran) later became an English vassal in Northumbria.
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| The exact location of the Battle of Brunanburh has never been determined, but it almost the marked area within this map. |
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