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Hace 6 días · Ancient Origins - The Kingdom of Wessex and the Birth of England (May 22, 2024) Wessex, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset.
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Hace 4 días · Edgar's third consort was Ælfthryth, who was the widow of Ealdorman Æthelwold. He died in 962 and she married Edgar in 964. They had two sons, Edmund, who died young, and Æthelred, whose disastrous reign earned him the epithet of "the Unready".
Hace 4 días · Earl of Wessex: King Harthacnut c. 1018 –1042 King of the English r. 1040–1042: Gunhilda of Denmark c. 1020 –1038 Queen of Germany: Svein Knutsson c. 1016 –1035 King of Norway Son of King Cnut the Great king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton, King Harold I Harefoot c. 1015 –1040 King of ...
Hace 1 día · 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.
Hace 2 días · Born around 870 AD, Aethelflaed was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who is often credited with laying the foundations for English nationhood. Alfred provided his daughter with an unusually thorough education for a woman of her time, including instruction in military strategy, Latin, and the liberal arts.
Hello, I've been doing some research about the history of early England. The line of kings we know untill the last male of the house of Wessex, Edgar Aetheling, are descending from Aelfred the Great. However, Aethelred of Wessex, Aelfred's elder brother, had two sons, Æthelhelm and Æthelwold.
14 de may. de 2024 · Only Judith, the consort of King Æthelwulf of Wessex (d. 858) and Ælfthryth, consort of King Edgar the Peaceful (d. 975) are known to have had this sort of formal investiture of authority in the period.
