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Hace 3 días · Ine (reigned 688–726), the first West Saxon king to issue a code of laws, placed a see at Sherborne (Dorset) for the western areas. Mercian dominance over Wessex, which included direct control of parts of Berkshire and Wiltshire, ended with the accession of Egbert (reigned 802–839).
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Hace 3 días · By 878, the Vikings had overrun the kingdoms of Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia, and nearly conquered Wessex, but in that year the West Saxons achieved a decisive victory at the Battle of Edington under King Alfred the Great.
- 1 October 959 – 8 July 975
- Eadwig
- 943/944, England
- Edward the Martyr
Hace 1 día · Mercia and Wessex became allies, which was important in the resistance to Viking attacks. In 853, King Burgred of Mercia requested West Saxon help to suppress a Welsh rebellion, and Æthelwulf led a West Saxon contingent in a successful joint campaign. In the same year Burgred married Æthelwulf's daughter, Æthelswith.
Hace 1 día · In the reigns of Edmund I (939-46) and Eadred (946-55) there were c. 17 moneyers, and in the troubled reign of Eadwig (955-7 in Mercia, 955-9 in Wessex) as few as 11. Under Edgar (957-75) the mint became very active again, and there were c. 20 moneyers working there in 970.
Hace 3 días · San Guthlac fue un hombre de familia rica que luchó con el ejército de su reino, Mercia, perteneciente a la Inglaterra del s.VII. Después de una vida de lujo y batallas, con tan solo 24 años, decidió convertirse en monje. Dos años más tarde, decidió aislarse de todo y de todos, y vivió en soledad como
Hace 4 días · Aethelflaed was born around 870 the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith of Mercia. She married Aethelred of Mercia around 885 as part of a treaty of mutual support between Mercia and Wessex against the Vikings.
Hace 5 días · A lo largo del siglo XIV se desarrollaron dos procesos históricos sucesivos de enorme relevancia para la conquista de América: por un lado, la lucha entre los reinos cristianos y el reino musulmán de Granada -con el apoyo de los musulmanes del norte de África- por el control del Estrecho de Gibraltar (1300-1348); por el otro, un quiebre dinástico en el reino de Castilla que se saldó con ...
