In 1070 the Danish king Sweyn Estridsson sailed up the Humber with an army in support of Edgar the Ætheling, the last surviving male member of the English royal family.
I 1070 sejlede den danske kong Svend Estridsen op af floden Humber med en hær for at støtte Edgar Ætheling, der var det sidste overlevende mandlige medlem af den engelske kongefamilie.