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Rule of York

Name: Rule of York – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

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

3Records

947–949Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

947

Eadred947

York · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Wulfstan I, Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader Eric Bloodaxe to become King of York

Wulfstan I947

York · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Wulfstan I, Archbishop of York invites the Viking leader Eric Bloodaxe to become King of York

949

Eadred949

York · Warfare / Viking Invasions

Olaf Sihtricsson returns as King of York

Names involved

EadredWulfstan I

Provenance

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