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Hace 1 día · 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 2 días · Here are 10 fascinating facts that shed light on the life and accomplishments of this remarkable ruler: 1. An Unlikely King. As the youngest of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, Alfred was never expected to become king. However, fate intervened: Alfred‘s father and four elder brothers all died within a span of 20 years.
Hace 5 días · Having sacked Canterbury and London and defeated King Beorhtwulf of Mercia in battle, the Danes crossed the Thames into Surrey, but were slaughtered by a West Saxon army led by King Æthelwulf in the Battle of Aclea, bringing the invasion to an end.
Hace 3 días · In 840 a grant was made by Æthelwulf, King of the West Saxons, to his minister Duda of 20 cassatos 'at Aisshedoune,' identified in the Glastonbury cartulary as Ashbury. In 856 Æthelwulf granted 20 cassatos at Æcesbyrig' to his thegn Aldred.
Hace 2 días · 4. THE ABBEY OF SHERBORNE. The foundation of the abbey of St. Mary is usually attributed to Bishop Aldhelm at or about the time of the establishment of the episcopal see at Sherborne in 705, and though, according to an ancient record mentioning a grant to the house of 100 hides of land at 'Lanprobi' by Cenwalch, king of the West Saxons, who died in 672, it might be said to claim even greater ...
Hace 4 días · And in the year 841, Ethelwulf, king of the West Saxons, with the advice of his bishops and great men, gave to the bishop two ploughlands at Holanbeorges, in perpetual inheritance, with the like privilege, and that they should be free from all regal service.
Hace 3 días · Military Career of Pai'ea Kamehameha - Reign of Kalaniʻōpuʻu: - 1775: Fought under Kalani'ōpu'u at the Battle of Ka'uiki; wherein the warriors of Hawai'i successfully stormed the fortress of Ka'uiki - Fought under Kalani'ōpu'u at the Battle of Kalaeoka'īlo, in which the forces of Hawai'i were badly mauled by those of Maui, under Kahekili II 1.
