The History of Norse Kingry

King edmund was only 24 when he died, and his children were still infants. He was succeeded by his brother edred who immediately had to deal with the situation in york. The weeton of york initially professed loyalty to edred, but they turned around and invited a terrifying viking named eric bloodaxe to be their king. By that point, eric had lost so much support that he elected to sail away rather than stay and fight for control. Eric killed his rivals and briefly emerged as king thereby earning his nickname, the blood axe. But he also alienated many of the nobles in norway. His young, 15 year old half brother had been raised in at