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The North Sea Empire of Cnut Imagine that Cnut lives until he is 60 and dies around 1055, he is succeeded by Harthacnut/Cnut III, who is a much more competent ruler and lives until 1081, being succeeded by his own son, also imagine that somehow the If the North Sea Empire survives and remains...

Hi! I am trying to come up with a scenario that would keep England divided until the 16th/17th century. Suppose the PoD involves the aftermath of Edward the Confessor's death. In OTL, his death triggered a succession crisis, and Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, and William the Conqueror were...

The Year of Conquest The Death of King Edward Of England without an heir had invited many contenders to the Throne . One of these was Harold Godwinson , the distinguished Earl Of Wessex with victories in Wales and the riches of his Family adding to his cause. His record came to good use as he...

This is one of my ideas -When the Norse settled in Greenland, they brought Celtics as well as Sami shipbuilders and reindeer herders; a few Norse settlers and Samis ran away from the settlements because of taxation or crimes and adapted a semi-nomadic lifestyle. In contrast to OTL, Greenlanders...

Say that Hadrada won in 1066, and both England and Norway continuously elected the same child, to the point of effective primogeniture. England would remain closely connected with Scandinavia, and this union would probably be the most powerful state in the cultural region, especially if it...