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20 hours ago · 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.
1 day ago · Born around 870 AD, Aethelflaed was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, the King of Wessex who is often credited with laying the foundations for English nationhood. Alfred provided his daughter with an unusually thorough education for a woman of her time, including instruction in military strategy, Latin, and the liberal arts.
3 days ago · 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.
3 days ago · Ælfthryth of Wessex Countess of Flanders 877–929 Second Daughter of King Alfred the Great and Queen Ealhswith: Baldwin II Second Margrave of Flanders c. 865 –918: Ælfwynn 'Second Lady of the Mercians' b. c. 888: King Æthelstan c. 893/895 –939 King of the Anglo-Saxons r. 924–927 King of the English r. 927–939: Ælfweard of Wessex c ...
Hello, I've been doing some research about the history of early England. The line of kings we know untill the last male of the house of Wessex, Edgar Aetheling, are descending from Aelfred the Great. However, Aethelred of Wessex, Aelfred's elder brother, had two sons, Æthelhelm and Æthelwold.
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2 days ago · The resultant division proved brief, as Ælfweard died in a matter of weeks, but Æthelstan faced ongoing difficulties in Wessex: his coronation was deferred until 925 and took place in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, outside the West Saxon heartland; a conspiracy against him was fomented at Winchester; and another grown half-brother, Edwin, met ...
3 days ago · In 911, following the death of her husband Æthelred, the daughter of King Alfred the Great, Æthelflæd, was recognised as the sole ruler of Mercia and she was accorded the title Lady of the Mercians. Her brother, Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, was happy to support his sister as sole ruler of Mercia.
