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r/CrusaderKings. r/CrusaderKings. Crusader Kings is a historical grand strategy / RPG game series for PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S developed & published by Paradox Development Studio. Engage in courtly intrigue, dynastic struggles, and holy warfare in mediæval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, the steppes and Tibet.
Hace 2 días · Answer: Murder. Sigeberht was unpopular with the Kingdom's more powerful nobles, who accused him of murder, drove him out of Wessex and had him killed. 8. Cynewulf came to the throne of the West Saxons from which Sigeberht had been forcibly ejected. His luck did not last for long, however - he was publicly murdered.
- I. Hengist. Anno 455.
- II. Escus.—Anno 488.
- III. Octa. Anno 512.
- IV. Hermenric. Anno 534.
- V. Ethelbert. Anno 564.
- VI. Eadbald. Anno 616.
- VII. Ercombert.
- VIII. Egbert.
- IX. Lothair.
- X. Edric.
ALTHOUGH Hengist had thus establishedhimself in the kingdom of Kent, yet the Britons stillkept possession of a considerable part of the threeprovinces he had so unjustly extorted from Vortigern.The natives every where shewed the greatest detestation of the Saxons, and a resolution not to submitto their government till the last extremity. Thisexceed...
WHEN his father died, Escus was in the northern parts of Britain, where he had been sent theyear before to assist against the Britons; but as soonas he had notice of it, he hastened into Kent, totake possession of the kingdom. As he had not thevalour or abilities of his father, he seems rather tohave defended than enlarged his kingdom, preferringhi...
TWO years after king Octa's accession to thethrone of Kent, Ella, king of Sussex, died, and themonarchy of the Saxons was conferred on Cerdicabove-mentioned, who, after many bloody battles,gaining a signal victory over the Britons in the year519, took possession of the present counties of Hampshire and Somersetshire, where he founded the kingdom of...
DURING whose reign, that is, in 547, Ida, a famous chief, an Angle by nation, and a descendant ofWoden, arrived in Britain with a number of hiscountrymen. They landed at Flamborough, in Yorkshire, then in the possession of the NorthumbrianSaxons, who received them as friends. The Northumbrians, so called from their inhabiting north ofthe Humber, ha...
THOUGH Ethelbert, when he ascended thethrone, was but young, yet he had a great and aspi-ring genius, and beheld, with regret, the loss of thatsuperiority which Hengist, as monarch, had over allthe Saxons settled in Britain. To regain this, he resolved to revive his pretensions to this dignity byforce of arms, and for that purpose declared waragain...
HE was succeeded by his son Eadbald, who became the sixth king of Kent. A man very unlikehis father; for as soon as he became his own master,he forsook the Christian religion, and became again aheathen, and is even said to have married the queen,his mother-in-law. (fn. 10) His vices rendering him slothful and inactive, allthe English kings cast off...
ERCOMBERT, though the younger of kingEadbald's sons, found means to ascend the throne inprejudice of his elder brother, as some say, by theappointment of his father. This prince was a zealous Christian, and ordered the heathen temples tobe razed to the ground, and the idols to be brokenin pieces, left they should hereafter prove a snare tothe peopl...
EGBERT succeeded his father in the kingdomof Kent, and became a great encourager of learningand the liberal arts; which then, under the endeavours of archbishop Theodore, began to make theirappearance in England. He was a kind patron ofthe ministers of the gospel, receiving and entertainingthem with much generosity. But these actions weremuch sulli...
LOTHAIR did not reign long unmolested; (fn. 15)hisfirst thoughts were employed in securing the succession of the crown to his posterity; for which purposehe made his son Richard, by his wife, daughter ofSigerus, king of the East Saxons, and sister to king Offa, partner with him in the government. This obligedhis nephew, Edric, to withdraw from cour...
AFTER this victory, Edric was crowned without opposition, about the year 68ç. His short reignwas a continued scene of warfare with his subjects, bywhom he was slain, within the space of two years,leaving the kingdom of Kent so weakened and embroiled, that it became a prey to the several usurperswho attempted the conquest of it.
Hace 5 días · THE DANES. SCARCE was the kingdom of Kent free from the miseries of civil war and intestine squabbles, and the consequence of them, before a new source of evil broke out, which ceased not till it had overwhelmed the whole nation. This was the invasion of the Danes, an antient and numerous people, whom the Saxon Chronicle makes the same with the ...
20 de may. de 2024 · The rectory of Warehorne is in the patronage of the crown. It is valued in the king's books at nineteen pounds, and the yearly tenths at 1l. 18s. There are twenty acres of upland, and twenty acres of marsh glebe land. In 1588 here were communicants one hundred and sixty, and it was valued at one hundred and twenty pounds.
Hace 4 días · 1968 New Year Honours. The New Year Honours 1968 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 29 December 1967 to celebrate the year passed and mark the ...
Hace 5 días · Publisher: Valancourt Books. Format: Hardback. Topic: Classic Fiction, Fantasy. Release Date: 12/05/2017. Release Year: 2017. Missing Information?. Item Width: 14mm.
