Conquête danoise de l'Angleterre

La conquête danoise de l'Angleterre prend place entre 1013 et 1016. Elle comprend les invasions du royaume d'Angleterre par les troupes du roi danois Sven à la Barbe fourchue et de son fils Knut le Grand. Sven envahit l'Angleterre en août 1013. En l'espace de quelques mois, il obtient que la noblesse du pays lui rende hommage et contraint le roi Æthelred le Malavisé à s'enfuir en Normandie, mais il meurt en février 1014, avant d'avoir pu être sacré.

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La noblesse anglaise rappelle Æthelred et Knut rentre au Danemark avec ses forces. Knut envahit à son tour l'Angleterre en septembre 1015. Profitant des dissensions entre Æthelred et son fils Edmond Côte-de-Fer, il pille les comtés du sud-ouest du pays, puis se dirige vers le nord et soumet la Northumbrie. La mort d'Æthelred en avril 1016 fait d'Edmond son seul adversaire. Plusieurs batailles les opposent dans le sud-ouest du pays, à Penselwood et Sherston (en), tandis que les Danois échouent à prendre Londres d'assaut malgré plusieurs tentatives. La campagne de 1016 culmine à la bataille d'Assandun, dans l'Essex, le 18 octobre. La trahison de l'ealdorman anglais Eadric Streona permet à Knut de remporter une victoire décisive sur Edmond, qui est contraint d'accepter un partage du royaume : il conserve le Wessex, tandis que Knut obtient la Mercie et probablement la Northumbrie. Edmond meurt quelques semaines plus tard et Knut est reconnu roi par toute l'Angleterre avant la fin de l'année. Il règne sur le pays pendant près de deux décennies jusqu'à sa mort, en 1035.