The Lincolnshire Danelaw rose in support of the Danish fleet in the Humber in 1069, with local English and Danish settlers joining the rebellion against Norman authority. Lincoln itself was a stronghold of resistance given its overwhelmingly Danish population. The rising was coordinated with Edgar Aetheling's operations in Yorkshire and represented the most dangerous southern extension of the Great Revolt.
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