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7 de may. de 2024 · Etelredo II el Indeciso (968–1016) - Tras la muerte de Eduardo, la corona inglesa pasó a reposar sobre la cabeza de Etelredo, quien reinó desde el 978 hasta el 1013 y nuevamente desde el 1014 hasta su muerte en el 1016. Su lamentable resistencia contra los daneses hizo que se ganase el apodo de "el Indeciso".
15 de may. de 2024 · La balada de Maldon, en realidad los pocos versos que se rescataron de un relato mucho más amplio, es un poema que se tomó como la crónica de una derrota de un puñado de campesinos y guerreros que en el año 911 enfrentaron con coraje a los vikingos que asolaban el actual territorio de Inglaterra, a orillas del río Blackwater, en Essex, durante el reinado de Etelredo II el Indeciso.
19 de may. de 2024 · Aethelflaed of Mercia Short Biography. Aethelflaed was born around 870 the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith of Mercia. She married Aethelred of Mercia around 885 as part of a treaty of mutual support between Mercia and Wessex against the Vikings.
Hace 6 días · Mercia‘s rise began in earnest under King Penda (626-655 AD), a pagan warrior who earned the title "king-killer". Penda annexed the neighboring kingdoms of the Hwicce and Magonsæte, while also repeatedly clashing with Northumbria, Mercia‘s great northern rival. At the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633, Penda slew the Northumbrian king Edwin.
6 de may. de 2024 · Godiva (or Godgifu) (fl. 1040-1080) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur comes from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom watched ...
Hace 5 días · Osburh. 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. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and ...
Hace 6 días · Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also known as Edward of Caernarfon or Caernarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327. The fourth son of Edward I , Edward became the heir to the throne following the death of his older brother Alphonso .
