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Hace 2 días · The achievement which lies immediately behind this acclamation is Æthelstan’s conquest, in 927, of the Viking kingdom of York. This victory was just one act in the process by which warrior-kings of the West Saxon dynasty of Ecgberht (802–39) created a kingdom which broadly approximated modern England in extent.
Hace 5 días · Æthelwulf, King of Wessex. Mother. Osburh. 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.
- 23 April 871 – c. 886
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19 de abr. de 2024 · Ethelred the Unready | Viking invasions, Wessex, Mercia | Britannica. Home Politics, Law & Government World Leaders Kings. Ethelred the Unready. king of England. Also known as: Aethelred, Aethelred Unraed, Ethelred II. Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Hace 1 día · It’s fascinating how this clash between King Athelstan’s forces and their opponents cemented Wessex and Mercia’s unification—effectively setting up a proto-England landscape. Culturally speaking, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Poems immortalize this momentous occasion through verses that resonate centuries later.
16 de abr. de 2024 · La batalla de Brunanburh que tuvo lugar en 937 d.C. fue un enfrentamiento entre Æthelstan, el rey de Inglaterra y una coalición compuesta por Olaf Guthfrithson de Dublín, Constantino II, de Escocia y Owain de Strathclyde.Este evento se ve a menudo como un momento en la configuración de la identidad nacional y historiadores como Michael ...
1 de may. de 2024 · By 883, Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, had accepted Alfred's overlordship, and in the 880s and 890s the Anglo-Saxons ruled Wessex and western Mercia, but the rest of England remained under Viking rule.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Edgar (born 943/944—died July 8, 975) was the king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year. He was efficient and tolerant of local customs, and his reign was peaceful. He was most important as a patron of the English monastic revival.
