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3 days 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.
- Edward The Elder
Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the...
- Æthelred I
Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English:...
- Æthelflæd, Lady of The Mercians
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled...
- Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble...
- Ivar The Boneless
"Hyngwar", Ivar's name as it appears in Harley MS 2278, a...
- Cultural Depictions of Alfred The Great
Artistic images of King Alfred began to flourish mainly from...
- Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders
She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, the Saxon...
- Æthelred, Lord of The Mercians
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (or Ealdorman Æthelred of...
- Uhtred of Bamburgh
The name of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria as it appears on...
- King of The Anglo-Saxons
Disputed claimant. There is some evidence that Ælfweard of...
- Edward The Elder
3 days ago · Henry VIII was the king of England (1509–47). He broke with the Roman Catholic Church and had Parliament declare him supreme head of the Church of England , starting the English Reformation , because the pope would not annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon .
- Henry was the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. When his elder brother, Arthur, died in 1502, Henry became the heir to...
- Henry VIII married six times between 1509 and 1543 in pursuit of heirs and political alliances. His wives were Catherine of Aragon (the mother of M...
- Henry VIII was survived by three children, each of whom sat on the throne of England: Edward VI (ruled 1547–53), Mary I (ruled 1553–58), and Elizab...
- Of his six wives, Henry VIII had two killed: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He accused Anne of adultery, and she was convicted and beheaded on M...
5 days ago · Master con artist. Expert detective. John Constantine ( / ˈkɒnstənˌtaɪn /) [1] is a fictional character who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. Constantine first appeared in Swamp Thing #37 (June 1985), and was created by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, and John Totleben .
1 day ago · Edward I [a] (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Concurrently, he was Lord of Ireland, and from 1254 to 1306 he ruled Gascony as Duke of Aquitaine in his capacity as a vassal of the French king. Before his accession to the throne, he was commonly ...
11 hours ago · The Seminole Wars (also known as the Florida Wars) were a series of three military conflicts between the United States and the Seminoles that took place in Florida between about 1816 and 1858. The Seminoles are a Native American nation which coalesced in northern Florida during the early 1700s, when the territory was still a Spanish colonial ...
- 1816-1858 [1] [2]
- United States victory
- Spanish Florida, Florida territory, Florida
3 days ago · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the ...
1 day ago · Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov [b] (22 April [ O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, [c] was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist who was the founder and first leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 ...
