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Æthelstan's campaign is reported in brief by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and later chroniclers such as John of Worcester, William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, and Symeon of Durham add detail to that bald account. Æthelstan's army began gathering at Winchester by 28 May 934, and travelled north to Nottingham by 7 June.
Æthelstan A. Original charter S 416 in the British Library, written by Æthelstan A in 931. Æthelstan A ( / ˈæθəlstæn ˈeɪ /) is the name given by historians to an unknown scribe who drafted charters (or diplomas), [a] by which the king made grants of land, for King Æthelstan of England between 928 and 935.
11 de ago. de 2022 · 12 min read. King Aethelred the Unready was King of England during a turbulent time of consistent Viking threats to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom culminating in the reign of King Cnut. To make matters worse, his epithet which originated from a play on the word “unraed” meaning no council, has since allowed him to garner one of the worst ...
Æthelstan Ætheling was the son of Æthelred the Unready, King of the English and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York. He was the heir apparent to the throne but died before he could succeed.
30 de may. de 2024 · Ethelred the Unready (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England) was the king of the English from 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from overrunning England. The epithet “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns on his name ...
When Ælfgifu of York was born in 0970, her father, Thored Gunnarsson Ealdorman of York, was 33 and her mother, Hilda Gunnarson, was 45. She married Æthelred II King of England in 0985. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died in 1002, at the age of 32, and was buried in Wilton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom.
