England in the Middle Ages took power in 978 following the murder of his brother Edward, but England was then invaded by Sweyn Forkbeard, the son of a Danish king. Attempts to bribe Sweyn not to attack using danegeld payments failed, and he took the throne in 1013. Swein's son, Cnut, liquidated many of the older English families following his seizure of power in 1016. Æthelred's son, Edward the Confessor, had survived in exile in Normandy and returned to claim the throne in 1042. Edward was childless, and the succession again became a concern. England became dominated by the Godwin family, who had taken advantage
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects mascot. The segments also appeared during some NBC network rebroadcasts of "Underdog". The "Twinkles" segments were not included when "King Leonardo And His Short Subjects" was syndicated in a half-hour format during the 1980s. "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects" was part of NBC's Saturday-morning lineup until 1963. Each program followed "The Shari Lewis Show." The animation for the show's early segments was produced by TV Spots, with later episodes by Gamma Productions, the same Mexico-based studio that did much of the work for Jay Ward Productions. For this reason, and due to shared sponsorship by General Mills, Gamma has