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Æthelstan of King

• I was the grandson of King Alfred. • I was the great-grandson of King Æthelstan. • I became king in 924 AD at 30 years old • My family had ruled England for four • I was an excellent military leader and soldier generations. • I fought the and defeated their • I became King of England in 975 AD at only armies, I took control of the . 13 years old. I was king for only three years. • I fought the Scots, the Irish and the Welsh • I had a half-brother, Æthelred, he was only 7 and defeated all their armies too. years old but his mother wanted him to be • I was the first person to ever call himself the king instead of me. “King of England”. • She sent men to murder me, they stabbed • It was under my rule that England became a me in the back. I escaped and tried to get country help but I died on the road. • I died in 939 AD at 45 years old

King Æthelred the Unready King

• I was the half-brother of King Edward • I was the warrior King of . I killed • My mother had him murdered so that I my farther and took the throne in 986 AD. could be king, I was crowned in 978 at the • England had a young, weak king so I raided age of 7 years old. him and stole away his money. • I really hated the Danes. King Sweyn of • He was stupid and killed my own sister. I Denmark threatened to attack me and I had attacked him and destroyed his armies. to pay him to leave. • I became the king of England and Denmark, • I was so mad, I ordered the killing of but it wasn’t to last. thousands of Danes, including King Sweyn’s • I died only five weeks later, and the pathetic sister, Gunhilde. Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred returned to • This really upset King Sweyn! He invaded become King of England once more. England with a huge army, I had to run • Happily, he died shortly after too, pathetic away! Anglo-Saxon weakling.

King Canute the Great King

• I was the son of King Sweyn Forkbeard. • My grandfather was King Æthelred the • I became King of Denmark in in 1015 AD. I Unready. I had to spend over 20 years hiding finished my fathers war and once again took in case King Canute found and killed me. the English crown. • After Canute died, his son invited me back • The people of England accepted and loved to England. After he died I became the King. me, I was a good and fair king. • I was a fair king but a weak one. • I was a fearsome warrior and in 1028 I went • I didn’t have any children and when I died in and conquered too. 1066 AD I didn’t make it clear who should • I was now the king of three countries. I be the next king. called this the North Sea . • Three men all decided they should be the • As a Danish king of England, I brought many next king of England. This led to the Norman Danish and Viking traditions and rules to invasion by and the England. I died in 1035 AD at 45 years old. end of Anglo-Saxon rule in England.