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The Heimskringla on Ethelred

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 11. Death Of King Svein Forked Beard.

attestation: King Svein Forked Beard was in England with a Danish army and had seized King Ethelred's kingdom, forcing Ethelred to flee south to Valland.

"the Danish king, Svein Forked Beard, was at that time in England with a Danish army, and had been fixed there for some time, and had seized upon King Ethelred's kingdom."
attestation: Ethelred returned from Flanders and recruited King Olaf with a large troop of Northmen to help recover England.

"When Ethelred, the king of the English, heard this in Flanders, he returned directly to England; and no sooner was he come back, than he sent an invitation to all the men who would enter into his pay, to join him in recovering the country. Then many people flocked to him; and among others, came King Olaf with a great troop of Northmen to his aid."

attestation: The surrounding country was brought under King Ethelred's subjection, though the Thingmen and Danes still held many castles and territory.

"The country far around was then brought in subjection to King Ethelred: but the Thingmen (1) and the Danes held many castles, besides a great part of the country."

attestation: King Ethelred died in 1012, and his sons Edmund and Edward took the government.

"The third year King Ethelred died, and his sons Edmund and Edward took the government (A.D. 1012)."

attestation: King Canute arrived in England the summer King Ethelred died and fought many battles with Ethelred's sons, with varied success.

"King Canute came to England the summer that King Ethelred died, and had many battles with Ethelred's sons, in which the victory was sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other."
attestation: After Edmund's murder, Canute drove all of Ethelred's sons out of England.

"King Canute then drove all Ethelred's sons out of England."

attestation: King Ethelred's sons came to Rouen in Valland from England the same summer Olaf Haraldson returned from his viking cruise, and they spent the winter together in Normandy.

"King Ethelred's sons came to Rouen in Valland from England, to their mother's brother, the same summer that King Olaf Haraldson came from the west from his viking cruise, and they were all during the winter in Normandy together."