An old engraving of the meeting of Saxon Edmund Ironside and Viking King Canute (Cnut), on the Isle of Alney, in the Severn, Gloucestershire, England, UK in 1016. It is from a Victorian history book of Shortly after the Battle of Assandun, Cnut and Edmund met to conclude a treaty dividing the rule of England between them, allowing Edmund to retain Wessex whilst Cnut had the rest of the territory. By the end of the year, in Edmund Ironside died, forcing the Saxon kingship to cede control to a new Viking King of England, Cnut the Great.
An old engraving of the meeting of Saxon Edmund Ironside and Viking King Canute (Cnut), on the Isle of Alney, in the Severn, Gloucestershire, England, UK in 1016. It is from a Victorian history book of Shortly after the Battle of Assandun in the autumn that year, Cnut and Edmund Ironside met to conclude a treaty dividing the rule of England between them, allowing Edmund to retain Wessex whilst Cnut had the rest of the territory. Another element to this treaty also included the caveat that when the first of them was to die, the survivor would inherit the entire kingdom. By the end of the year, in November 1016 Edmund Ironside died, forcing the Saxon kingship to cede control to the new Viking King of England, Cnut the Great.
Size: 3780px × 2724px
Location: Isle of Alney, in the Severn, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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