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Há 3 dias · 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.
Há 4 dias · 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.
21 de mai. de 2024 · In so doing, it argues for a widespread tradition of Alfred as ‘the Great’, the first sole ruler of all England, from at least the thirteenth century. It is something of a truism in Alfred studies that King Alfred (r. 871–99) did not gain his sobriquet ‘the Great’ until the sixteenth century.
Há 1 dia · The name Charlemagne, by which the emperor is normally known in English, comes from the French Charles-le-magne, meaning "Charles the Great". In modern German, he is known as Karl der Große. The Latin epithet magnus ('great') may have been associated with
16 de mai. de 2024 · The Battle of Edington (878), fought by Alfred the Great against his Viking adversaries has a strong claim to be the most important battle in England’s history.
Há 4 dias · Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
22 de mai. de 2024 · The final supremacy of the West Saxon kings stemmed from their successful resistance to the Danes, whose “great army” arrived in 865 and destroyed the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms but was withstood in Wessex by Aethelred I (reigned 865–871) and Alfred (reigned 871–899).
