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25 de may. de 2024 · But it came at a cost: in 1036, Harold‘s rival, Alfred Aetheling, was murdered by his supporters after landing in England to press his own claim to the throne. Godwin was implicated in the crime by later Norman chroniclers, though modern historians are divided on his actual role.
Hace 2 días · 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 3 días · This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) from Alfred the Great to Elizabeth I of England. The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it.
Hace 1 día · Edgar (or Eadgar; [1] c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
30 de may. de 2024 · Ethelred the Unready (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England) was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from overrunning England.
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25 de may. de 2024 · Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex, is widely regarded as one of the most significant Anglo-Saxon kings. He successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking invasions, which had been a persistent threat to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms throughout the 9th century.
22 de may. de 2024 · The final supremacy of the West Saxon kings stemmed from their successful resistance to the Danes, whose “great army” arrived in 865 and destroyed the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms but was withstood in Wessex by Aethelred I (reigned 865–871) and Alfred (reigned 871–899).
