When Henry I of England died in December 1135, David I moved immediately to exploit the succession crisis. He invaded England and seized Carlisle, Northumberland and much of the north before Stephen could organise resistance. David's swift action in the first weeks of the Anarchy established Scottish control over a vast swathe of northern England that he would hold for years. His exploitation of the disputed succession was strategically brilliant.
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