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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").
- 23 April 871 – c. 886
- Osburh
3 days ago · Charlemagne and Offa did enter into a formal peace in 796, protecting trade and securing the rights of English pilgrims to pass through Francia on their way to Rome. Charlemagne also served as host and protector of several deposed English rulers who were later restored: Eadbehrt of Kent, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, and Eardwulf of Northumbria.
- 9 October 768 – 28 January 814
- Bertrada of Laon
2 days ago · Earl of Wessex: King Harthacnut c. 1018 –1042 King of the English r. 1040–1042: Gunhilda of Denmark c. 1020 –1038 Queen of Germany: Svein Knutsson c. 1016 –1035 King of Norway Son of King Cnut the Great king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton, King Harold I Harefoot c. 1015 –1040 King of ...
1 day ago · They were therefore known as Lady Louise Mountbatten Windsor and James, Viscount Severn although James's title changed to James, Earl of Wessex when his father Edward became the new Duke of ...
1 day ago · In 672 AD, King Cenwalh of Wessex died after a 31-year reign, in which he has lost much of his territory to Welsh and Mercian forces. He was succeeded by his widow Seaxburh. In 673 AD, King Chlothar III of Neustria and Burgundy died after a reign of 16 years, in which he has been a puppet of the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Ebroin. He was ...
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4 days ago · The Romans mined lead, built villas, and founded the town of Bath (Aquae Sulis) at the site of natural hot springs. During the first two centuries of the Saxon conquest, Somerset was a borderland between the Saxons and the Britons, but from the 7th century Somerset formed the westernmost part of the Kingdom of Wessex.
4 days ago · Prince Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh. Prince Edward is the youngest child of the late Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip. He wed Sophie Rhys-Jones six years after the pair met at a ...
