Denmark-England

The Danish attacks on Norman England refer to two 11th-century incursions. The first was an invasion in 1069–1070, allied with English rebels, which captured York and Ely before the Danes were bribed to depart. The second was a large-scale raid in 1075, supporting the Revolt of the Earls, which ravaged the Lincolnshire coast and York. A third attack was planned in 1085 but never sailed. These attacks were motivated by a Danish claim to the English throne, asserted by Sweyn II, King of Denmark, but neither realized attack succeeded in establishing this claim or gaining significant territory, only plunder.