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Nov 16, 2020 · The sickness in Mercia struck me a little strange, it's build up as this great & terrible plague. There is the choice of shutting the gates, there's Father Pyrlig sneaking people in, there's a ...
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After Gisela's death in "The Burning Land", Uhtred reneges on his oath to Alfred of Wessex. When Jarl Hæsten prepares to attack Mercia, and Æthelredtries to get a divorce from Æthelflæd by having one of his lords to sleep with her (therefore making her an adulterer). In "Sword Song", Æthelflæd calls on the oath that Uhtred made to her before the attack on Lundene. Uhtred is persuaded by Father Beoccato honour oath made to Æthelflæd because it was made in love. Uhtred with his some 40 men retu...
This list shows Æthelflæd's family: 1. The † means that the individual is dead. 2. The ° means the individual appears more then once in this list.
This character has been based on a real historical figure of Æthelflæd.Æthelflæd was born c.870 and died in 918, at roughly 48 years of age. If the book series followed factual date of Æthelflæd's birth then these are her ages throughout the books:The name Æthelflæd or Æðelflǣd comes from Old English. The name is made up of the words æthel, which means "noble", and flæd,which means "beauty".Æthelflæd is a noble; she was born a princess of Wessex, then married the Lord of Mercia, and later succeeded him as the Lady of Mercia.What is going on? Little knowledge is required of the Middle Ages to arrive at the Black Death of 1348–9.Buboes and the demise of perhaps half of Europe’s population do tend to make an impact on a popular perception of all things medieval, and in some ways, it would hardly be surprising if ‘King Death’ were allowed to stride across the imagined England of The Last Kingdom.
Ælflæd of Wessex (before, Ælflæd of Wiltshire) is a supporting character in both The Saxon Stories novel series, and The Last Kingdom television series. She is the second wife of King Edward, the daughter of ealdorman Æthelhelm, and the mother of Ælfweard. (To Be Added) Winchester, Wessex; Ælflæd arrives in Winchester with her father to meet with Edward, who she is engaged to marry ...
May 3, 2023 · Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians died suddenly in June 918 in Tamworth. It’s believed her body was carried to St Oswald’s Minster in Gloucester where she was buried next to her husband. Æthelflæd dominated politics in Mercia and in no small part helped to pave the way for the unification of England. In fact her nephew Aethelstan, the ...
Oct 19, 2019 · Aethelflaed, also known as the Lady of the Mercians, was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia who lived between the 9th and 10th centuries AD. When Aethelflaed was still a child, the Vikings controlled a large part of England. Their territory, known as the Danelaw, was located in the northern and eastern parts of England, and three of the four major ...
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Jun 21, 2017 · Æthelflæd was born in the early 870s. Her father, had become King of the West Saxons in 871, while her mother, Eahlswith, may have been from Mercian royal kindred. At the time, Anglo-Saxon ...
