List of Kings of Jorvik (The Once and Never Kings)



The kings of Jorvik are dated from the reign of Sweyn Forkbeard, even though Jorvik didn't become an independent entity until the invasion of Cnut of Denmark. Even then, Jorvik wasn't an official state until the Treaty of Lincoln, which ended the War of Wessexian Succession, signed by Cnuts successor, Harold I, after his death at the Battle of Lincoln.

After Sweyns death, King Æthelred II of England returns from his exile in Normandy and expells the Danish army, restoring Anglo-Saxon rule.

After the Battle of Assandun, the Kingdom of England was split between Cnut and Edmund. Edmund took Wessex, while Cnut took the old Danelaw. The division was supposed to be temporary, with the death of either monarch, his portion was to be inherited by the other.