Snakes_Bandana added: “So the actual historical Uhtred gets betrayed and killed due to Cnut.
“In 1016 Uhtred campaigned with Ethelred’s son Edmund Ironside in Cheshire and the surrounding shires. While Uhtred was away from his lands, Sweyn’s son, Cnut, invaded Yorkshire.
“Cnut’s forces were too strong for Uhtred to fight, and so Uhtred did homage to him as King of England.
“Uhtred was summoned to a meeting with Cnut, and on the way there, he and 40 of his men were murdered by Thurbrand the Hold, with assistance from Uhtred’s own servant, Wighill and with the connivance of Cnut.”
The series tells a different story, as it is actually Brida (Emily Cox) who killed Cnut after she found out he betrayed her and her former lover, Ragnar (Tobias Santelmann).