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Makes sense, Eadric was clearly untrustworthy to both sides in the war and having a waffling and scheming leader like that just wouldn't do for any sensible monarch
@@Th3Kingism there is something to be said for the exercise of honour and loyalty. At least if you lose the war and pledge your loyalty to the new king, he knows that your word means something to you.
Lesson for those thinking to choose the role of the traitor: If his side win, the leader there can't trust a traitor. So no matter what, the traitor has a shitty end. The worst after death, when he meets his maker.
Cnut the Great, son of Svein Forkbeard, son of Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm the Old, son of Harthacnut, son of Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye, son of Ragnar Lodbrok... With a family that illustrious how could he not fail to conquer England. It was in his blood! ...and a family habit :)
But sadly, that greatness is only held for one generation after Cnut's death. After that, the North Sea Empire crumbled. Just like the empire that made by Charlemagne & Alexander the Great.
There was no another civil war after the death of Edmund, so the pact wasn't entirely bad. Some other monarchs who didn't have clear successors were signing similar treaties to avoid unnecessary bloodshed.
Note: Eadric didn't live a long life after this battle. He was beheaded a year later on Christmas day, 1017 at the orders of King Cnut. Perhaps Cnut didn't care much for having a well known traitor hanging around his court.
This is why I love RU-vid history channels for the most part. I would have never heard of this Danish invasion of England from the early 1000s. Typically all you hear is the conquest of William the conquerer in 1066, but their was so much interesting information before then during the Viking invasions of the British Isles. Thank you HistoryMarche for this immensely interesting and informative video.
did you know about the norwegian king who invaded just before william. most likely contributing to william winning due to english troops force marching from york to the south.
I'm exactly the same! Thought I knew our history quite well but i've literally never heard of this instance where we had a Danish king and were part of an overarching empire! So much more interesting than the Norman's to me
@Atlas aït Amazal Well... In all fairness, you probably weren't born with an army sworn to fight for your family, as Knut was. That's a pretty big advantage when it comes to conquest. If you were... Then you're just a slacker!
Fun Fact: Cnut had Polish soldiers provided to him by his Ally Boleslaw I of Poland - Cnut's mother might have been Boleslaw's sister - making this and the Napoleonic wars the only times Poland and England were at war.
Baltic Slavs made a significant part of the landing force that went with Knut.. Danes were not able to access Baltic Sea due to the Slavs controlling that part of Europe for centuries before and after. R1a1 hyplogroup is the best proof.
I'm from Cheshire, born and bred, but not from Cnut'sford. Not far from it though and the place that my family are from originally bears my surname. We are also Angle/Saxon, not Dane.
@@buckers67buck77 asjsdajajAHHAHAAHAH shut up the Saxons were massacred by the Vikings and their children in France calling Normandy England is a mixture of French Saxon Vikings if you have a little bit of Saxon your legs shake when you hear Vikings raped they killed the Saxons for decades or centuries
His son Edmund the Exile had children and those hiers came back to England 50 years later( Edgar aetheling and Margaret of Scotland). Edgar had a fascinating adventurous life and Margerets grand daughter married the King of England, Henry II the first plantagenate king was the son of Mathilda and was from the senior remaining Wessex line, her mother also Matilda was called Mathilda of Wessex. Henry II was the great great great great grandson of Edmund Ironside.
@@DavBlc7 Yes, through a convaluted route on the royal line, with Henry 7 and George 1 spreading the link. She has a much closer link through her other parent the queen mother, but tracible through both sides of her parentage.
@@TheSeBjo Dont think so, he was the son of Edgar, decended through, Echbert of Wessex, Alfred the great, Edward the Elder, and Eathelred the first i think, and then Edgar the Peaceful his father all of the house of Wessex. He was the younger brother of Eathelred the unready. His son was Edmund the Exile and his son was Edgar Aetheling who was made king after Harold Godwinsons death at Hastings, but was not supported or corinated and betrayed by the church leaders, allowing William of Normandy to reign. The ironside name was from individual prowess in battle and not passed on father to son, he may have had some relation through inter marrage though, its possible.
You've gotta respect Edmund Ironsides as a leader and a man, getting wounded fighting alongside his troops. Imagine if George W Bush personally led the invasion of Iraq and got wounded when his humvee hit an IED.
I think Edmund was significantly younger than Bush (or any other president) was. (Why are we always voting for old people? They don't have to care for the future like a 30-50 year old would be forced to.) But the idea is kind of funny. The news would be all over it like a pack of wolves.
@@Ninjakitsune978 it’s not «we» the reason old people dominate elections globally is simply because young people don’t care, they are not active voters but the older generations always vote.
I always play as holland, and become the greatest continental power. In current game I've annexed Brabant, Hainaut, Liege, and am about to launch an invasion on Burgundy with 30 000 men.
I literally started researching this period in our history a couple of weeks ago and I was going to write a screenplay about the invasion with Edmund, cnut and eadric the turncoat. What a coincidence! It's not a well known story, I guess because of 1066, but you have really told it well and made a great video.
Thank you sir. If you're researching this period check out the Rex Factor podcast and the Clerk of Oxford blog (the Danish Conquest) series. They are both AWESOME. Links to both are in the description.
Ashingon in Essex also lays claim to the battle of Assandun. Saying it took place between the villages of Ashingdon and Canewdon. Sweyne and Fitzwimarc were landowners here.
Wow what a great video (as always) , and I think It's important to note the Edmund earned the epithet "Iornside" because of his talent as a commander and strength of chatacter and that it was not hereditary, or originally part if his name.
I live in the United States of America on the east coast and my family on my father's and mother's side are from Scotland, Ireland, Britain, Germany and France. I have been able to trace my roots back to these areas of Europe and I enjoy learning the history of my ancestors. My family has been here since the 1600's and when I first found this out my mind was blown especially when I found out that my ancestors arrived here in North Carolina in the 1600's and we have been here ever since.
There is disagreement between historians as to the site of the Battle. While some claim it was in Ashdon (as said in this video), others claim it was in Ashingdon (near Rochford, Essex). The legend goes that Cnut made his camp on a nearby hill, on which now stands Canewdon church.
After watching the new Vikings show, I must say.. they completely butchered the history... So Edmund was actually a fierce warrior and leader who waged many battles against Cnut.. Yet on the show he's just a spoiled little brat that achieves nothing whatsover.. During the Lothbrok plot, the show was fantastic, however ever since they relaunched it with the new cast, they completely failed in every aspect.. The last season was utterly horrible.. They tell a goddamn made up story nobody gives a sh*t about.. Instead of that, they should have focused on actual battles, plots and intrigues.
The new narrator is ok, but you seriously need to tune down the bass quite a bit in your sound mixing. Of course people can somewhat tune the sound on their end, but your sound mixing is quite an outlier on youtube history channels and youtube in general. Just a recommendation. Cheers
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Absolutely incredible video. I love the map color change when Canut invades. You're a true inspiration man. I also love David's narration and I'm glad he's part of the team now.
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Canute the Great and Alfread are the only kings to rule England with the title of Greatness.(personally I think Richard I, Hennry V and Edward III also deserve some sort of great title)
@LDN EDD Cnute was Danish but he ruled England making him an English king. He did good things in his 30 year reign England was stable. In 15 years of studying history I've only ever heard good things of his reign.
11:39 this moment on battlefield changed the history of England ...who knows what events will be further if Edmund was victorious in this battle... once again ,the history is written by the winners...
The same thing happened a few times in English history. Richard III had a supposed ally at the Battle of Bosworth who watched from the sidelines as a neutral, before deciding to fight against Richard when the tide turned in Henry Tudor's favour.
I'll never get why the English always trusted the words of Kings the rebelled against. I know they dont want to promote violence against the powers that be but c'mon
Yes, Ashingdon and Ashdon have been proposed as potential locations for the battle, but this is the first time I heard about a place named Assandune Close, thanks for the info!
Which part of Sweden did Knud (Canute) rule? Jämtland was part of Norway at that time, while Skåne and Blekinge part of Denmark. They were later conquered by Sweden but not part of Sweden as yet.
Here's how I imagine it: Eadric did not care who ruled, and thought he'd rather preserve his subjects. Cnut catches up to him They negotiate, Cnut let him know he'll die Eadric says he did nothing wrong Cnut says "no, you manipulated everything within the rules" "But you'd be an idiot if you thought I'd let you live" Eadric is executed Cnut rules like Ragnar desired to in the Vikings The End
This time period would make a most excellent hbo show. It has everything. Badass Viking warlords with awesome names, inept English king who flees in exile to Normandy, conniving second wife queen who alienates and splits the royal family apart, kickass warrior princes of Aethelred - including one Chosen One who dies at the worst possible time and another who takes his mantle in Ironside. Backstabbing and doublecrossing vassal. Other vassals infighting and destroying the royal fleet, and the hope of England with it. And general treachery, bloodshed, warfare, mayhem, tragedy, and loss everywhere. I mean, Aethelred’s reign begins with treachery with his mom killing his brother. It ends with treachery. And you could even extend the series through Cnut’s reign, when Aethelred’s younger sons - Edward the confessor and his brother - come back to England years later. The Confessor’s brother comes back from Normandy on invitation from another “loyal vassal” only to be stabbed in the back by the guy, loyal to Cnut the whole time. And then it’s down to the Confessor to save the Wessex house. Just an excellent time period. I’d devour a good show or movie based on it.
Aethelred the Unready is a Victorian misnomer. His proper nickname "unred" means "the badly counseled". Although one could argue the bad counsel was on him, as it mostly consisted of his drinking buddies and high-born bandits.
Very interesting question and one that I expected someone to pose much earlier. Alas, yes, the Danish conquest of England implies just that. However, it's not that straightforward, I think. The Danes weren't trying to stamp out all-things-Saxon. But what the Danish conquest of England did do is weaken it politically. I think that the Saxon elite never fully recovered and the effects of the conquest of Canute could still be felt when William came around, arguably making things easier for the Normans.
@@HistoryMarche It does give a misconception that William was the first to do it. Cnut is all but invisible in popular media. Before your video I thought he was a random viking that the Saxons _defeated_ 🤣
IF Assandun is in North Essex, why did Canute build a minster celebrating the battle at Ashingdon (South Essex) and why did the prince Georg of Denmark gift the church a model Viking longboat in 1951?
This is a fine video and the narrator has a good menacing English accent and the music is dramatic and thanks for mentioning me and my uh exploits and my lovely wife. ;)
Hannibal is coming back in August, don't worry. I'm a huge Hannibal fanboy so I'll cover him in great detail, 10-15 episodes in total. 2 more battles before Cannae.
