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The 11th Century (1001 - 1100)

(the Unready) - King of England (978 - 1016)

1002 - 13 November (St. Brice's Day) - Ethelred ordered the massacre of Danes living in England

1003? - Birth of Edward (the Confessor) - invaded England (again)

1007: Danes bought off from England by Ethelred - Ship money first levied in England

1009: Danish invasion of England

1012: 19 April - St. Alphege (954 - 1012) martyred on Easter Sunday, on spot of St. Alfege Church in Greenwich.

1013: Sweyn Forkbeard invaded England (again) - Ethelred fled to Norway

1016: Death of Ethelred led to the Battle of Ashington (Essex) to decide his successor.

(Ironside) - King (1016)

Ruled the South of the Kingdom after losing at Ashington but died shortly afterwards

- King of England (1016 - 1035)

Won at Ashington - ruled the north of the Kingdom but became monarch of all England on the death of Edmund.

1017: Cnut married Emma of Normandy (widow of Ethelred II)

1035: Death of Cnut - His illegitimate son HardiCnut (Harold I) became Regent.

(Harefoot) - King of England (1037 - 1040)

1040: Death of Harold I - Cnut legitimate son Harthacnut inherits

- King of England (1040 - 1042)

1042: Death of Harthacnut - his half-brother Edward inherits

- King of England (1042 - 1066)

1045: Edward marries Edith (daughter of Godwin, Earl of Essex)

1051: Earl Godwin

1066: 6 January - Death of Edward the Confessor - Harold (Earl of Wessex), his brother-in-law claims throne

- King of England (1066)

1066: 25 September - Harold defeats Norwegian invasion at the Battle of Stamford Bridge

1066: 14 October - Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill - Harold slain. William I becomes king.

- King of England (1066 - 1087)

1066: Appearance of Halley's Comet depicted on Bayeux Tapestry

1067: Anglo-Saxon revolt against the Norman's crushed. Work began on the Tower of London

1069: Malcolm III marries Margaret (English Royal Family) then invades England.

1070: Revolt by Hereward the Wake against William the Conqueror

1071: Revolt quashed - Norman conquest of England complete

1072: William the Conqueror invades Scotland

1079: New forest made a royal hunting ground by William the Conqueror

1085: Doomsday Book preparation begins

1086: Doomsday Book survey of land ownership in England

1087: 9 September - William I dies falling from a horse, William II succeeds

(Rufus) - King of England (1087 - 1100)

1095: First Crusade begins

1100: 2 August - William II killed by an arrow whilst hunting in the New Forest

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