1016
ID: 2568
Cnut becomes King of England - defeats Edmund Ironside, begins Danish dynasty, marries Aethelred's widow Emma of Normandy (1017)
ID: 2568
1016
ID: 3720
Cnut becomes King of England - Danish prince conquers England, later rules Denmark and Norway as North Sea Empire
ID: 3720
1016
ID: 5832
Cnut replaces ealdormen with earls - Danish term 'jarl' becomes 'earl', fewer but more powerful than old ealdormen, govern multiple shires
ID: 5832
1016
ID: 5880
April 23, 1016
Death of Aethelred leaves Emma vulnerable - widow with young sons, Edmund Ironside becomes king briefly
ID: 5880