Resultado de búsqueda
Hace 5 días · Oktober 899) war ab 871 König der West-Sachsen (Wessex) und ab etwa 886 der Angelsachsen. Er war der jüngste der fünf Söhne des 858 verstorbenen Westsachsenkönigs Æthelwulf und dessen erster Frau Osburga.
- Modern Wantage, England
- Ealhswith
- England
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 · A large-scale incursion by the Danes of Northumbria ended in their crushing defeat at Tettenhall in 910. Edward completed his father’s plan of building a ring of fortresses around Wessex, and his sister Aethelflaed took similar measures in Mercia.
Hace 4 días · After Æthelwealh's death and Cædwalla's accession to the throne of Wessex, Wilfrid became one of the new king's advisors, and the king was converted. Cædwalla confirmed Æthelwealh's grant of land in the Selsey area and Wilfrid built his cathedral church near the entrance to Pagham Harbour, believed to be what is now Church Norton.
Hace 2 días · After Wihtred’s death in 725 and Ine’s abdication in 726, both Kent and Wessex had internal troubles and could not resist the Mercian kings Aethelbald and Offa. The great age of Mercia Aethelbald succeeded in 716 to the rule of all the Midlands and to the control of Essex and London.
Hace 4 días · Æthelstan Half-King, Ealdorman of East Anglia. Birthdate: estimated between 881 and 935. Death: 957. Immediate Family: Son of Æthelfrith of Wessex and Mercia, Earl of Mercia and Æthelgyth of Wessex and Mercia. Husband of Ælfwynn.
Hace 1 día · The first such overlord was Aelle of Sussex, in the late 5th century; the second was Ceawlin of Wessex, who died in 593. The third overlord, Aethelberht of Kent , held this power in 597 when the monk Augustine led a mission from Rome to Kent; Kent was the first English kingdom to be converted to Christianity .
