Did King Ecbert really give land to the Vikings?
The King in Vikings & Legacy In the TV series Vikings, Egbert is seen granting land to Viking settlers he will later betray, sending Aethelwulf to slaughter the Viking settlement, and later granting land to other Vikings when he has earlier secretly abdicated rule to Aethelwulf. Was King Egbert real? Ecgberht (770/775 – 839), also…
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