JORVIK Viking Centre - On this day in 1016 Cnut the Great (Canute), King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside

On this day in 1016 Cnut the Great (Canute), King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside'

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Canut defeated Edmund Ironside in the final battle of the Danish