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Capture of Northumberland

Name: Capture of Northumberland – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

2Records

944–954Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

944

Edmund I944

Northumberland · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Crosses the Humber & drives Olaf & the Norse out of England

954

Eadred954

Northumberland · Warfare / Viking Invasions

The Viking King Eric Bloodaxe is expelled & Northumbria comes under English control

Names involved

EadredEdmund I

Provenance

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