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Succession

Denmark · Warfare / Viking Invasions. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
873–1013Date range
3Named people
3Places

Chronological records

873

Ivar the Boneless873

Mercia · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Succeeds as King of Mercia

934

Olaf Guthfrithson934

Dublin · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Olaf Guthfrithson succeeds his father Gofraid as King of Dublin and becomes a leading Uí Ímair ruler.

1013

Sweyn I Forkbeard1013

London · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Sweyn Forkbeard is recognised as king in England shortly before his death.

Names involved

Ivar the BonelessOlaf GuthfrithsonSweyn I Forkbeard

Provenance

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