After Edmund assassination in 946, his brother Eadred became king and initially received Northumbrian submission. But in 947 Eirik Bloodaxe — the expelled former king of Norway — arrived in Northumbria and was accepted as king. The Northumbrians expelled him the following year under pressure from Eadred, then readmitted him in 952. This repeated pattern of acceptance and expulsion illustrated the instability of Northumbrian politics.
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