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==== England ==== * Summer – Danish [[Vikings|Viking]] raiders led by [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] (accompanied by his son [[Cnut the Great|Cnut]]) sail from [[Denmark]] to attack [[Kingdom of England|England]]. Again [[London]] defends itself and the Vikings move elsewhere, plundering [[Wessex]], [[Mercia]] and [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]]. King [[Æthelred the Unready]] sends his sons [[Edward the Confessor|Edward]] and [[Alfred Aetheling|Alfred]] to [[Duchy of Normandy|Normandy]]. Æthelred retreats to the [[Isle of Wight]] and follows them later into [[exile]].{{sfn|Palmer|Palmer|1992}} * [[December 25]] – Sweyn Forkbeard takes control of the [[Danelaw]] and is proclaimed king of England in London. Some of the English provinces refuse to pay homage to Sweyn, who has no dynastic right to claim the throne.{{sfn|Palmer|Palmer|1992}}{{sfn|Williams|2005}}
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