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2 giorni fa · 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.
- 23 April 871 – c. 886
- Osburh
2 giorni fa · Sweyn Forkbeard. Mother. Świętosława or Gunhild of Wenden. Cnut ( / kəˈnjuːt /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈknuːtr]; [a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [4] [5] [6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 ...
3 giorni fa · Æthelwulf king of the West Saxons granted a 5-hide estate at Minety to Malmesbury abbey, probably in the late 830s. The grant was confirmed in 855. By c. 1199 Malmesbury abbey also possessed the right of patronage to Minety church. In 1270 the abbot and convent surrendered the estate to the bishops of Salisbury.
4 giorni fa · Of the period between 796 and 974 almost nothing is known. King Æthelwulf of Wessex (839-55) is said by William of Malmesbury to have made a rich shrine for St. Aldhelm's bones and to have granted lands and immunities from taxation.
28 apr 2024 · The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "Egbert succeeded to the kingdom of Wessex" after the death of Beorhtric in 802, in a later passage describing him as Ecgberht as son of Ealhmund, and in another passage which setting out his complete ancestry from his son Æthelwulf King of Wessex[1465].
5 giorni fa · Alfred in the Isle of Athelney, receiving news of a Victory over the Danes, an 18th-century depiction of Alfred, King of Wessex learning of the Viking defeat at Arx Cynuit. Ubba appears as a character in modern historical fiction.
13 mag 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 ...
