Knut Röriksson
Knut Röriksson was a son of the Danish Viking prince Rörik I († 844 or 846), who had been expelled from Denmark with his brothers after long wars of succession and then marauded in Friesland and in the area of the Rhine estuary and for a short time even feudal lord Emperor Lothar as Count of Kimmen was in Friesland. Knut's grandfather Halfdan II († around 810) was ruler of Haithabu from 804 to 810 .
Knut probably went with the great pagan army of the Danish Vikings to northern England around 865, was involved in devastating civil wars there after the conquest of the Danelag and Northumbrias and became king of Jórvík in 894 .
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Guthfrith I. |
King of Jórvík 894-? |
Ethelwald |
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| SURNAME | Knut Röriksson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Jórvík |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 846 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 894 |