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This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.
Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-23 · 30 entries checked · 5 flagged · 10 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 5 still open
Bernard Cornwell — The entry states Cornwell was born to a Canadian airman named William Oughtred and a Canadian woman named Dorothy Cornwell. In fact, his biological mother Dorothy Cornwell was English, not Canadian.
Bernard Cornwell — The entry says he was adopted by the Wiggins family before reclaiming his birth surname. He was adopted by the Wiggins family, but his birth surname was Cornwell (his mother's surname), so he reclaimed the surname Cornwell, not Oughtred.
Alfred — The entry states that Uhtred first meets Alfred after the Battle of Cynwit in 878 AD, but in the novels, the Battle of Cynwit occurs in 877 AD, and Uhtred meets Alfred after the Battle of Cynwit in 877, not 878.
Alfred — The entry claims that Uhtred kills Ubba at the Battle of Cynwit, but in the novels, Uhtred kills Ubba at the Battle of Cynwit in 877, not 878, and the 'DID YOU KNOW' section repeats this incorrect date.
Ivar the Boneless — Ivar is killed by Uhtred's son in single combat at the Battle of York: In the series, Ivar is killed by Uhtred himself, not Uhtred's son, during the Battle of York (Season 4).
Ivar the Boneless — His eventual downfall comes from being killed by Uhtred's son: This is incorrect; Uhtred kills Ivar directly, not his son.
Season Three — The season covers the years 892–902, but in the show's timeline it covers approximately 892–899, not extending to 902.
Season Three — Sigurd Bloodhair is misattributed as a leader of the Second Great Danish Army; the army is led by Cnut and Haesten, while Sigurd is a rival Dane, not a coalition leader.
Season Five — The season adapts Bernard Cornwell's eighth novel, The Pagan Lord, alongside his ninth novel, War of the Wolf, and his tenth novel, The Flame Bearer, not the eighth being War of the Wolf.
Season Five — The novels The Pagan Lord, War of the Wolf, and The Flame Bearer cover events from approximately 910 to 918, not 918–920.
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