Unit IV facts Flashcards
Viking king who won Normandy from the French in a peace agreement
Rollo
King of France who let the Vikings become French vassals in return for land
Charles the Simple
He would kiss no one’s foot
Rollo
King of England who built the first British navy and conquered the Danes
Alfred the Great
King of the Germans who conquered the Magyars
Henry the Fowler
Danish king who invaded England and took English crown
Sweyn
Anglo-Saxon king who fled to Normandy when defeated by Danes
Ethelred the Unready
He hated flattery and could not hold back the tides
Canute
Son of Sweyn who ruled England with Edmund Ironside, until Edmund’s death
Canute
First German ruler to take the title of Holy Roman emperor
Otto