King of Norway 1015 - 1028. Before becoming king he was in London fighting the Danes alongside Ethelred II. Their strategy involved pulling down London Bridge, according to Londonist which has a good post about it. And Ian Visits tells it more from the Danish perspective. Largely responsible for the Christianization of Norway he was canonized in 1164 by Pope Alexander III.
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King Olaf II of Norway
The "recreation ground in Tanner Street, SE1" is Tanner Street Park.
Representative Deputy Lieutenant for Southwark from at least 2009. Former secondary school teacher who served 16 years on Westminster City Council. She was Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster in ...
Son of John Dudley and husband of Lady Jane Grey - see there for more information.
A Mohegan Sachem (chief), grandson of Sachem Oweneco and well-educated, writing several languages including English and Latin. The Mohegans became allies of the English, helping the first settlers ...
Married Humphrey, uncle to the child King Henry VI. Eleanor was implicated in a plot of treasonable necromancy against the king. Her supposed co-conspirators were executed and she was sentenced ...
See their Silver Wedding for more information.
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