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Hace 14 horas · Over the next decade, the Great Army rampaged across England, conquering the kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, and Mercia. They killed kings, seized wealth and land, and transformed the balance of power. Only the kingdom of Wessex under Alfred the Great managed to resist and eventually defeat the Vikings after years of struggle.
9 de may. de 2024 · After installing a puppet ruler named Egbert in Northumbria, Ivar led the Vikings to Nottingham, in the kingdom of Mercia. The Mercian king Burgred called upon Wessex for assistance. King Aethelred I and the future King Alfred (Alfred the Great) soon arrived to besiege Nottingham, and the Danes withdrew to York without a fight.
- Ivar the Boneless was a Viking chieftain who was said to be the son of the Danish king Ragnar Lothbrok. Ivar invaded England not to plunder, as was...
- Ivar the Boneless and his brothers invaded England in 865 with a large Viking force and captured York, the capital of the kingdom of Northumbria, i...
- The origin of the epithet “the Boneless” is unknown. It possibly refers to an inability to walk or to a skeletal condition such as osteogenesis imp...
Hace 6 días · Contender to the throne of Mercia and later its Queen. She has a brother, Prince Burgred, and a putative illegitimate son with Ragnar, Magnus. She is stabbed by Judith after threatening to kill Ecbert.
Hace 2 días · Alfred's only known sister, Æthelswith, married Burgred, king of Mercia in 853. Most historians think that Osburh was the mother of all Æthelwulf's children, but some suggest that the older ones were born to an unrecorded first wife. Osburh was descended from the rulers of the Isle of Wight.
Hace 3 días · The Northumbrians rose against Egbert in 872 and he and Archbishop Wulfhere took refuge with Burgred of Mercia. It was presumably to deal with this revolt that the Danes came back to Northumbria in 873, retiring to Torksey later in the year.
10 de may. de 2024 · The balance of power among these kingdoms shifted over time, with Northumbria initially dominant, followed by Mercia, and later Wessex. This era was marked by significant cultural and religious transformations, notably the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
Hace 2 días · The earliest reference to Thurning is in a charter by Burgred, king of Mercia (852–74), confirming a grant of a hide and a half in Thurning made by Grimketel to Crowland. The grant was again confirmed by King Eadred in 948.
