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Há 5 dias · King Aethelwulf of Wessex was born around 795 to King Egbert of Wessex and his wife. Aethelwulf’s mother was once believed to be Redburga, daughter of Charlemagne of France but this has now been dismissed as untrue. In 800, Aethelwulf’s father, Egbert, succeeded to the throne of Wessex.
Há 1 dia · In 957 the kingdom of England was divided between Eadwig, who kept Wessex, and Edgar who became king of Mercia, with the River Thames forming the boundary. It is uncertain whether this was the result of a coup against Eadwig or a decision to divide the kingdom between the brothers. [17]
- 1 October 959 – 8 July 975
- Eadwig
- 943/944, England
- Edward the Martyr
Há 4 dias · London, Continuum, 2008, ISBN: 9781847252395; 256pp.; Price: £65.00. This is an accessible and engaging book about the ranks, obligations, and image of the Anglo-Saxon aristocracy, written by one of the leading historians of the period. Ann Williams is the author of The English and the Norman Conquest, Kingship and Government in Pre-Conquest ...
Há 3 dias · In The Formation of the English Kingdom in the Tenth Century, George Molyneaux investigates how territories under the dominion of the Cerdicing kings of Wessex developed into a clearly defined and conquerable kingdom.
Há 3 dias · The House of Windsor was formed in 1917, but how much do you know of the royals who have formed it ranging from the late Queen to King Charles III to King George V to even less well-known members ...
Há 1 dia · Æthelbert was the grandfather of Egbert of Wessex, who was, in turn, the paternal grandfather of King Alfred the Great. King Arwald Isle of Wight Hidden Hero King Arwald was the last Jutish pagan king who ruled the Isle of Wight in the 7th century and died defending it from a merciless Anglo-Saxon barbarian, making it the last place to be converted to Christianity in England.
Há 4 dias · In 924 Æthelstan apparently won recognition in Mercia as king – probably in part because he had been raised there – while in Wessex his younger half-brother Ælfweard was elected by the local witan.
