Battle of Assandun
1016 · Event
Cnut's Danes defeat Edmund Ironside's English army in Essex after Eadric Streona deserts mid-battle; the two kings split England, and Edmund's death weeks later leaves Cnut king of all of it.
On these timelines: England, The Viking Age, United Kingdom (combined), Master, Scandinavia, the Nordic World & the Viking Age
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