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Vor 3 Tagen · Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; c.849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Vor 4 Tagen · 1. An Unlikely King. As the youngest of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, Alfred was never expected to become king. However, fate intervened: Alfred‘s father and four elder brothers all died within a span of 20 years. In 871, at the age of 21, Alfred unexpectedly found himself the new King of Wessex. 2.
21. Mai 2024 · For the byname, in narrating Alfred’s ascension to the throne, Gaimar states that Alfred ‘was known as Æthelwulfing’. 59 This is an unremarkable Old English dynastic patronymic denoting Alfred both as the son of Æthelwulf (r. 839–58) and an heir within the West Saxon dynasty Æthelwulf was held to have founded.
22. Mai 2024 · In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset. At times its land extended north of the River Thames, and it eventually expanded westward to cover Devon and Cornwall. The name Wessex is an elision of the Old English form of “West Saxon.”. Cerdic.
16. Mai 2024 · Test Your Knowledge: Explore the Reigns of King Æthelwulf, King Ecbert, and King Alfred - Delve into the history of these iconic rulers and their impact on the Viking era in England.
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13. Mai 2024 · At this point the narrative sequence is interrupted by the first of the analytical or exegetical interludes, in which Asser discusses Æthelwulf’s forbearance in his treatment of Æthelbald. 30 Instead of expelling his unworthy son at the cost of many lives, Æthelwulf chose to partition his kingdom; at the same time (and in a departure from West Saxon precedent) he also chose to share his ...
Vor 5 Tagen · Archaeologists have rediscovered the remains of the reliquary of St Swithun in a crypt beneath Stavanger Cathedral. St Swithun was an Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester (England), raised to the position by Æthelwulf, King of Wessex. - Advertisement -.
