Came to the crown in 978 through the murder of his brother Edward the Martyr. Induced by covetnous and the representations of his favourite, Aethelsine, to ravage the see of Rochester, 986. Bought the alliance of the Norwegian invader, Olaf Tryggvason, 991. Defeated Olaf's fleet, 992. Bought off an attack by Olaf and Swend, 994. Published laws regulating surety and bail and (997) a police code. Unsuccessfully invaded Cotentin, 1000. Married (2) Emma, daughter of Richard the Fearless, duke of Normandy. Massacred the Danes settled in England, 1002. Attacked by Malcolm, King of Scots, 1006. Promulgated code of military regulations, 1008. Orderd "the whole nation" to be called out against the Danes. Crippled by Danish sympathies of his favoite, Edric Streona. Bought off the Danes, 1012. Fled to Rouen, 1013 after Swend of Denmark had been formally chosen King of England, 1013. Brought back by Olaf and the witan after Swend's death, 1014. Expelled King Cnut, 1014. Implicated in the assassination of The Danish thegns Sigferth and Morkere, 1015 (The concise dictionary of national biography. Part 1 : from the beginnings till 1900. London : Oxford University Press, 1969, pg. 409). Buried St. Paul's (Paul B. McBride web site).