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2 days ago · Alfred was a son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. According to his biographer, Asser, writing in 893, "In the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons", was born at the royal estate called Wantage, in the district known as Berkshire ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
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May 9, 2024 · Ivar the Boneless (died 873, Dublin [Ireland]) was a Viking chieftain, of Danish origin, whose life story is suffused with legend. He is best known for his exploits on the British Isles, most notably his invasion, in the company of two brothers, of several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Unlike previous Viking raiders who came only to plunder, Ivar ...
- Who was Ivar the Boneless?Ivar the Boneless was a Viking chieftain who was said to be the son of the Danish king Ragnar Lothbrok. Ivar invaded England not to plunder, as was...
- What did Ivar the Boneless accomplish?Ivar the Boneless and his brothers invaded England in 865 with a large Viking force and captured York, the capital of the kingdom of Northumbria, i...
- Why is Ivar the Boneless called “the Boneless”?The origin of the epithet “the Boneless” is unknown. It possibly refers to an inability to walk or to a skeletal condition such as osteogenesis imp...
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5 days ago · In 860, the eastern and western parts of the southern kingdom were united by agreement between the surviving sons of King Æthelwulf, though the union was not maintained without some opposition from within the dynasty; and in the late 870s King Alfred gained the submission of the Mercians under their ruler Æthelred, who in other circumstances ...
4 days ago · King Æthelwulf of Wessex (839-55) is said by William of Malmesbury to have made a rich shrine for St. Aldhelm's bones and to have granted lands and immunities from taxation. (fn. 57) It was between 824 and 867 that Eahlstan, the militant Bishop of Sherborne, committed many aggressions against Malmesbury, inspired, according to William, by avarice.
Apr 28, 2024 · This supposed parentage is set out in a later passage, dated 855, in another manuscript of the Chronicle, which lists the ancestors of Æthelwulf King of Wessex, states that Ealhmund was "son of Eafa, son of Eoppa, son of Ingeld…brother of Ine king of Wessex", adds their alleged direct line of ancestors back to Cerdic, first King of Wessex ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Alfred came to the throne after his brother, King Aethelred I, was killed fighting the Danes in 871. The new king benefited from a lull in the onslaught until 876, when Danish attacks resumed in earnest. Reinvading Wessex, they captured Wareham and, in 877, occupied Exeter. Alfred succeeded in forcing the Danes to withdraw to Mercia, but the ...
3 days ago · Æthelwulf king of the West Saxons granted a 5-hide estate at Minety to Malmesbury abbey, probably in the late 830s. The grant was confirmed in 855. By c. 1199 Malmesbury abbey also possessed the right of patronage to Minety church. In 1270 the abbot and convent surrendered the estate to the bishops of Salisbury.
