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Hace 4 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 5 días · May 26, 2024. King Alfred the Great is one of the most celebrated kings in English history, remembered for his valiant defense of his kingdom against Viking invasions, his wise governance, and his scholarly patronage. Here are 10 fascinating facts that shed light on the life and accomplishments of this remarkable ruler: 1. An Unlikely King.
Hace 4 días · This study challenges the assumption that a cohesive kingdom emerged in the late ninth or early tenth century, contending instead that the administrative advances of Edgar’s reign (959–75) made it possible for England to coalesce into a stable, governable, and precisely-defined territorial kingdom.
Hace 4 días · Christ Church, Oxford. Trinity College, Cambridge. Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward ...
Hace 2 días · Alfred, afterwards, for his noble and virtuous actions, surnamed the Great, succeeded his brother Ethelred in the throne of England, at a time when the Danes were pressing forward with all their forces to gain possession of the remaining parts of his kingdom, and they pursued the war with such success, that the king being abandoned ...
Hace 1 día · On 24 February the two mounted squadrons of Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard were sent out to reconnoitre towards Kuilfontein, north of Arundel: a position which the enemy had been occupying in great strength. When they were between Vaalkop and Kuilfontein, they were suddenly fired on from both fl...
Hace 5 días · The holy Martyr-Prince Alfred was the son of King Aethelred “the Unready” of England, and brother of the future king and saint, Edward the Confessor. With his brother, he spent many years in exile, following the expulsion of the English royal family to Normandy in 1016 by the Danish King Canute.
