An army led by this ruler obtained the submission of the historical Macbeth, as well as of King Malcolm II.
An army led by this ruler obtained the submission of the historical Macbeth, as well as of King Malcolm II. This ruler's daughter Gunhild married the son of Conrad II, who transferred him Schleswig as a gift. Henry of Huntingdon recorded anecdotes about this man including his reduction of Gallic tolls and a probably ahistorical story in which he sat near the (*) shoreline and commanded the waves not to strike him. Thorkell the Tall may have educated this ruler. This ruler's victory at Assandun allowed him to force a treaty upon Edmund Ironside, by which he acquired the throne of England. He was the second husband of Emma of Normandy, with whom he fathered Harold Harefoot. For 10 points, name this son of Sweyn Forkbeard, the only English monarch other than Alfred who is called "the Great."
An army led by this ruler obtained the submission of the historical Macbeth, as well as of King Malcolm II.
Canute the Great [or Cnut; or Knud, den Store; or Knut den Mektige; or KnÃºtr inn rÃ­ki]