Kings and Queens of England: Danes and Saxons

The second part of my Kings and Queens of England series covers the years 1013 to 1042. This 29-year period saw six kings on the throne of England and a power struggle between the Saxons and Danes.

Part one ended in 1016 with the death of Æthelred II. In part two I jump back three years to investigate the short reign of Swein Forkbeard before the restoration of Æthelred. Following this I look at the lives of Edmund II, Cnut, Harold I and Harthacnut, the last of the Danish kings of England. As with part one, the key dates can be found in the On This Day section.

You can read the first article about Swein here.