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'''Jorvik''' was a [[Viking]] [[kingdom]], established by the brothers [[Ivar]] and [[Halfdan]] in York in 866CE (replacing the [[Saxon]] kingdom of [[Deira]].  Local rule did not survive beyond the brothers -- from Halfdan's death in 877, Jorvik fell under the kings of Bernicia, to the north, and then in 910 more [[Denmark|Danes]] from Dublin took over.  There was a brief period (c.927-939CE) when [[Athelstan]] of [[Wessex]] conquered Jorvik; he was succeeded by [[Erik Bloodaxe]] (twice) but on Erik's death (954) the kingdom was regained by and subsumed into [[England]].