Ruler · 895 – 954

Eric Bloodaxe

Lived 895 – 954. King of Northumbria of Kingdom of Northumbria, 947 – 949 and 1 more term; also in the line of Kingdom of Norway (872–1397).

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Lived: 895 – 954; 59 years
In office: 4 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Northumbria

Kingdom of Northumbria · the 39th and 40th of 40 dated reigns · 655 – 954

35 before

Airdeconut900 – 902

Æthelwold ætheling900 – 902

Cnut of Northumbria900 – 905

Eric Bloodaxe947 – 949

Eric Bloodaxe952 – 954

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 947 – 949 · 2 years · came to it aged 52 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 949; they died in 954

Reigned 952 – 954 · 2 years · came to it aged 57 · term 2 of 2

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 954, the year they died

Also in the line of Kingdom of Norway (872–1397) (2nd of 11).

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