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3 days ago · Charlemagne (/ ˈ ʃ ɑːr l ə m eɪ n, ˌ ʃ ɑːr l ə ˈ m eɪ n / SHAR-lə-mayn, - MAYN; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.
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1 day ago · Essex ( / ˈɛsɪks / ESS-iks) is a ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west. The largest settlement is Southend-on-Sea ...
2 days ago · As Danish King of England, Cnut was quick to eliminate any prospective challenge from the survivors of the mighty Wessex dynasty. The first year of his reign was marked by the executions of a number of English noblemen whom he considered suspect.
3 days ago · 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. The book’s fundamental argument is that the period 871 through 1066 cannot be treated as a cohesive block of history.
5 days ago · EARLY HISTORY. Wilton situated at a strategic point on the river systems of southern Wiltshire (fn. 1) was an obvious choice as a place of settlement by the migrants from the south, who about the middle of the 6th century founded the kingdom of Wessex.
3 days ago · In 1175 and 1186 bishops were elected there when the king was at Woodstock. Royal writs were issued at Eynsham in 1291 and the king and chancery were there in 1329-30. The abbey bakehouse was repaired in preparation for a visit by Richard II in 1389 and Prince Arthur visited Eynsham in 1501.
2 days ago · The second was the battle of Ellendune in 825 when Egbert, king of Wessex, defeated the Mercian king, Beornwulf, in what has been described as 'one of the most decisive battles of Anglo-Saxon history'.
