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Hace 2 días · 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 8 horas · 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 6 días · In Orderic’s fourth book, composed around 1125, he twice describes Alfred as ‘the first king to hold sway over all of England’, and moreover states that ‘in goodness, nobility and statesmanship [Alfred] stood, I believe, head and shoulders above all the kings of England who came before or after him’. 32 Orderic’s claim that Alfred was the first king of all England is interesting ...
19 de may. de 2024 · Ælfric, the powerful ealdorman of Hampshire and “one of those in whom the king trusted most,” according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, defected to the very Danes he had been ordered to attack in 992. He then feigned sickness to avoid battle in 1003, as a result of which the leader of the Danish warband, Svein Forkbeard, looted and burned Wilton.
Hace 3 días · Alfred Aetheling d. 1036 Son of the king Æthelred the Unready: Godgifu 1004–c. 1047 Daughter of King Æthelred the Unready Robert I 1000–1035 Duke of Normandy: King Edgar II the Ætheling c. 1051 –1126 King of England r. 1066: Cristina d. c. 1100 Daughter of Edward the Exile: Saint Margaret of Scotland c. 1045 –1093 Queen of Scotland ...
16 de may. de 2024 · The Battle of Edington (878), fought by Alfred the Great against his Viking adversaries has a strong claim to be the most important battle in England’s history. May 16, 2024 • By Calvin Hartley, MPhil Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, BA History & Politics.
Hace 3 días · Some members of the House of Wessex saw Cnut's death as a chance to regain power. Æthelred's youngest son, Alfred Aetheling, returned to England but was captured, blinded, and died of his injuries in 1037. Edward the Confessor Shrine of Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey
