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The Danes settled in Britain and in a few generations, conquered almost the northeastern part of the Anglo-Saxon lands. However, UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWessex had a recovery under Alfred the Great and his descendants which continued until they had reconquered all the Danish-occupied lands (now called the Danelaw). This made the House of Wessex ruler over all the Angles' lands, hence the term "England". The Wessex house lost its grip and was overthrown by Norse invaders under Cnut the Great, the King of Denmark and Norway; although the House of Wessex got the throne back after Cnut's sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacanute died without surviving legitimate issue[[note]]That we know of; Harald may have had a son by the (very English) name [=Æ=]lfwine, but we think he was probably illegitimate.[[/note]], England nevertheless became a combined Saxon-Scandinavian nation, which was an easy fit once the wars had been forgotten because they had very similar cultures. After Harthacanute's successor Edward the Confessor also died without issue, Harold Godwinson, of the powerful Godwin family, claimed the throne [[ElectiveMonarchy by agreement of the Witenagamot]] (see below), but he was overthrown by the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror. This is considered the end of Anglo-Saxon England and the beginning of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy Norman England]], and the shift of the main external influence on England from the Nordic countries to France.
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The Danes settled in Britain and in a few generations, conquered almost all of the northeastern part of the Anglo-Saxon lands. However, UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfWessex had a recovery under Alfred the Great and his descendants which continued until they had reconquered all the Danish-occupied lands (now called the Danelaw). This made the House of Wessex ruler over all the Angles' lands, hence the term "England". The Wessex house lost its grip and was overthrown by Norse invaders under Cnut the Great, the King of Denmark and Norway; although the House of Wessex got the throne back after Cnut's sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacanute died without surviving legitimate issue[[note]]That we know of; Harald may have had a son by the (very English) name [=Æ=]lfwine, but we think he was probably illegitimate.[[/note]], England nevertheless became a combined Saxon-Scandinavian nation, which was an easy fit once the wars had been forgotten because they had very similar cultures. After Harthacanute's successor Edward the Confessor also died without issue, Harold Godwinson, of the powerful Godwin family, claimed the throne [[ElectiveMonarchy by agreement of the Witenagamot]] (see below), but he was overthrown by the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror. This is considered the end of Anglo-Saxon England and the beginning of [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy Norman England]], and the shift of the main external influence on England from the Nordic countries to France.
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** ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' and its television adaptation ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' focus on Alfred the Great and his uneasy ally Uhtred (an Anglo-Saxon lord from Northumbria[[note]]And thus technically an Angle, though the text consistently refers to him as a Saxon[[/note]] who was kidnapped by a Danish viking as a child and raised as a culturally Danish pagan).
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** ''Literature/TheSaxonStories'' and its television adaptation ''Series/TheLastKingdom'' focus on Alfred the Great and his uneasy ally Uhtred (an Anglo-Saxon lord from Northumbria[[note]]And thus technically an Angle, though the text consistently refers to him as a Saxon[[/note]] who was kidnapped taken prisoner by a Danish viking as a child and raised as a culturally Danish pagan).
