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2 giorni fa · Philosophy · Jul 01, 2024. Peaceweaver - Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great. Written by Jane Mason. Æthelflæd was a remarkable woman, whose leadership of the kingdom of Mercia combined diplomacy, military leadership, religious vision and scholarship. She deserves to be remembered and honoured alongside her father Alfred for her key ...
8 giu 2024 · Aethelflaed was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia in England and the founder of Gloucester Abbey. The eldest child of King Alfred the Great, she helped her brother Edward the Elder, king of the West Saxons (reigned 899–924), in conquering the Danish armies occupying eastern England.
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25 giu 2024 · 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.
15 giu 2024 · Aethelred of Mercia is thought to have been born around 860. He became ruler of Mercia following the death of Ceowulf. Aethelred married Aethelflaed, the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great in 886 as part of a treaty of mutual support.
6 giorni fa · Edward died in 924 and was succeeded by his eldest son Æthelstan, who may have been king only of Mercia at first, but ruled the whole of his father's realm by the next year. In 927, he conquered Northumbria, and thus became the first king of all England. [6]
3 giorni fa · Mercia passed to one of the leading families of the region, probably first to Leofwine, ealdorman of the Hwicce under Æthelred, but certainly soon to his son Leofric. In 1021, Thorkel also fell from favour and was outlawed.
26 giu 2024 · After the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria had been conquered by the Danish army, Wessex in southern England held out against the invaders. Alfred, only 22 years old, came to the throne after his brother, King Aethelred I, was killed fighting the Danes in 871.
