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3 days ago · This belief was a tragic miscalculation. When the rebellions came, William responded with escalating brutality to crush Anglo-Saxon resistance once and for all. The Harrying of the North was the most horrific example, but not the only one. William also launched a massive castle-building campaign to cement Norman rule.
5 days ago · Death and aftermath Edgar in the Regularis Concordia, flanked by two figures, probably Æthelwold and Dunstan, and all three holding the manuscript. Edgar was thirty-one or thirty-two years old when he died on 8 July 975.
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4 days ago · Malcolm, now known as Malcolm III or Malcolm Canmore (‘Great Chief‘), ascended the throne and ruled for 35 years, from 1058 to 1093. He navigated the complex political landscape of the time, forging alliances with the English and marrying Margaret, the sister of Edgar Ætheling, the last Anglo-Saxon claimant to the English throne.
3 days ago · 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 ...
1 day ago · William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
5 days ago · King Edgar I the Peaceful c. 943 –975 King of England r. 959–975: Queen Ælfthryth c. 945 –1000/1001 wife of King Edgar I: Harald II c. 996–998 –c. 1018 King of Denmark: Estrid Svendsdatter of Denmark 990/997–1057/1073 Danish princess: Richard I of Normandy 933–996 Comté de Rouen: King Edward the Martyr c. 962 –978 King of ...
5 days ago · William Ætheling, also known as William Adelin, was born in 1103, the second child and only son of Henry I and his wife, Matilda of Scotland. Born in Winchester, the boy was given the names William, in honour of his grandfather, William the Conquerer, and Ætheling, which was a word traditionally used in the Anglo-Saxon royal house to denote ...
