Aethelred ordered the wife of a traitor to be executed. However, after fleeing from England, Aethelred returned to take it back after Sweyn’s death in 1014. History would tell us that King Sweyn Forkbeard was able to take control of England through his invasions during Aethelred’s reign. However, the history books suggest that he wasn’t the most obedient son. In the series, he was portrayed as a son that was loyal to King Aethelred, as he was seen by his father’s bedside when the old king passed away.
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What Vikings: Valhalla Gets Wrong About King EdmundĮven though a good part of the things that Vikings: Valhalla allowed us to see about King Edmund was correct (such as being the king that resisted Canute’s attacks on England), there were also a lot of things that the series got wrong about him. He made an appearance in the fourth season of the series as an older version of Geoffrey Charles. He didn’t have a lot of screen time in that movie, but it did help Davison earn more roles.ĭavison continued to appear in different acting roles, as he appeared in the BBC historical drama entitled Poldark.
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And those who think that he is familiar should know that he broke into the scenes as Victor in the 2016 movie by Tim Burton, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.
Despite being in his early 20s, he looks comparatively younger than his age would suggest. King Edmund in Vikings: Valhalla is portrayed by Louis Davison. Who Plays King Edmund In Vikings: Valhalla? As Edmund was lying on the ground, Godwin killed the boy king right then and there. Godwin set up a trap that forced Edmund’s horse to stumble after he had met with the other English nobles to plot against the rule of the Danes, particularly King Sweyn Forkbeard, who ruled England while Canute was away. And throughout the entire time, he was seemingly conspiring with Godwin and the other nobles to overthrow the Danish rule so that England would once again return to the Englishmen.īut due to Godwin’s betrayal of his king, Edmund was murdered by his most trusted adviser at the tail end of the series. Instead, Canute thought that it was the right political choice to spare the boy king and use him as a puppet ruler by his side so that he could control the English nobles that were ruling the other parts of England. However, King Edmund wasn’t killed then and there by the Danes. The English capital of London eventually fell to King Canute’s forces, as the Saxons were forced to accept the Danish king as their new ruler. While preparing to ascend to the throne and readying himself and the army for the attack from the Danes, King Edmund was portrayed as a childish boy who thought that he was invincible, a trait that is quite common among younger people who are yet to experience the harshness of reality.īut as prepared as King Edmund and his army may have been, they eventually couldn’t resist well enough against the army of Norsemen that King Canute brought to the island.
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