Æthelred the Unready
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Vikings - The End of Ethered's Story
Swain forkbeard is a classic example of this phenomenon that we see of a viking success in england leading to further viking success. He conquers england briefly in ten 13, but then dies in his kind of moment of triumph. His son knut ends up doing the same and he becomes the first a danish king of england.
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