1066
Kings of England displayed imperial ambition in the period from 930 to 1066:
- Athelstan (c.895 – 939) was a collector of imperial relics had himself proclaimed "imperator" in 930, six years after the death of the last Carolingian emperor. His successors adopted increasingly grander imperial titles until the Norman conquest in 1066. Because there was no set title, the monarchs styled themselves as they please which peaked with Ethelred the Unready. The most common imperial appendage was basileus but imperator, princeps, augustus, and caesar were all used sporadically.
- Canute the Great (994/995 – 1035): according to his biographer, Canute ruled as an emperor over the lands he acquired (Denmark, England and Norway).
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