Did England Have A Viking King? Valhalla's Canute & Edmund True Story
Vikings: Valhalla focused on the conflict between Vikings and English royals, and by the end of season 1, England had a Viking king thanks to Canute – but did England really have a Viking king? Created by Michael Hirst, Vikings premiered on the History Channel in 2013, and even though it was originally planned to be a miniseries, the audience was captivated by the stories of Ragnar, Lagertha, Rollo, and more. Vikings came to an end in 2020 after six seasons and many battles, but six seasons weren’t enough to tell the most exciting stories from the Viking Age.
As a result, a sequel series to Vikings, titled Vikings: Valhalla, was announced in 2019, and while the main series covered the first years of the Viking Age, the sequel series will cover the final years. Set over a century after the events of Vikings, Valhalla follows Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), and Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter) as they go on a journey that takes them across oceans and battlefields, from Kattegat to England, to the pagan temple in Uppsala and more. All this with the conflict between Vikings and English royals – pagans vs Christians – as the backdrop, which also brought other interesting, historical characters into the mix.
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A key character in Vikings: Valhalla season 1 was Canute (Bradley Freegard), a Christian Viking and the king of Denmark who led the attack on England to avenge the Vikings killed at the St. Brice’s Day massacre a year prior. The attack on England was a success thanks to Leif’s plan to destroy the London Bridge, and it led to the invasion of England, with Canute taking over the throne, which was already
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