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Hace 1 día · Saxony, [a] officially the Free State of Saxony, [b] is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.
Hace 3 días · Alfred the Great (871-899) Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex, is widely regarded as one of the most significant Anglo-Saxon kings. He successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking invasions, which had been a persistent threat to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms throughout the 9th century. Alfred‘s military prowess and strategic acumen were ...
Hace 1 día · Charlemagne [b] ( / ˈʃɑːrləmeɪn, ˌʃɑːrləˈmeɪn / SHAR-lə-mayn, -MAYN; 2 April 748 [a] – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding all these titles until his death in 814.
Hace 5 días · Upon the division of Saxony in 1485 it became the residence and capital of the Albertine line of Wettin rulers, later electors and kings of Saxony. Dresden accepted the Protestant Reformation in 1539. After a disastrous fire in 1491, the city was rebuilt and fortified.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 2 días · Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
Hace 4 días · The penultimate step in the devolution of Saxony came in the Franco-Prussian War, when Saxon troops fought for Prussia. In 1871, freely or not, Saxony joined the German Empire. Kings continued to reign over Saxony, until Frederick Augustus III gave up his throne after the end of World War I.
Hace 2 días · He died in 616, having reigned fifty-three years, and was buried in the porch of saint Martin, within the church of the abovementioned abbey, just by his royal consort, queen Bertha, who died some years before. VI. EADBALD. ANNO 616. HE was succeeded by his son Eadbald, who became the sixth king of Kent.
