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...
To secure the young Richards heritage and power in Normandy,Bernard the Dane conviced Harald Bluetooth to go to war and establish a Danish fleet and then sail to Normandy. In Bayeux he met the French king where a fight broke out and the French king ran away to Rouen, where the citizens captured him.
King Harald Bluetooth made the Normans applaud Richard and he fortified towns and castles, and demanded that the Danish laws Rollo installed was obeyed and the he then sailed home to Denmark. The Normans released king Louis but they denounced the vassalage to him and instead they chose Hugh of Paris as their as tenant-in-tail. Duke Richard later married Count Hugh of Paris`daughter Emma and after the dead of Hugh of Paris he became protector of his son, Hugo Capet, who later became French king.
Sweden
Eric the victorious was born.
Ukraine
After Igor died while trying to collect tribute from the Drevlians.Svyatoslav,his 3 year old son became the ruler of Kiev. A warrior named Sveneld had become very wealthy after it was presumed that he had been the commander of the Raid on Barda.
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Eric the victorious was born.
Ukraine
After Igor died while trying to collect tribute from the Drevlians.Svyatoslav,his 3 year old son became the ruler of Kiev. A warrior named Sveneld had become very wealthy after it was presumed that he had been the commander of the Raid on Barda.
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