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Danelaw

England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
939–963Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

939

Athelstan27 October 939

Malmesbury · House / House of Wessex

Athelstans empire, seemingly made safe by the victory of Brunanburh, collapsed in little more than a year from his death when Amlaib returned from Ireland and seized Northumbria and the Mercian Danelaw

963

Edgar the Peaceful963

House / House of Wessex

King Edgar grants legal autonomy to the Danelaw

Names involved

AthelstanEdgar the Peaceful

Provenance

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