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2 days ago · Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; 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.
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 ...
5 days ago · Edgar (born 943/944—died July 8, 975) was the king of the Mercians and Northumbrians from 957 who became king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, in 959 and is reckoned as king of all England from that year. He was efficient and tolerant of local customs, and his reign was peaceful.
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5 days ago · Aethelflaed played a crucial role in the unification of England. Her leadership in Mercia laid the groundwork for future collaboration with Wessex, contributing to a more unified Anglo-Saxon kingdom. After her death, her efforts helped pave the way for her brother, King Edward, to merge Mercia and Wessex, a step toward a united England.
4 days ago · At any rate: once the kings of Wessex had unified England and divided it into shires for ease of administration, probably sometime around the year 900, Middlesex ended up as a county in its own right.
2 days ago · There is a striking similarity between the east part of the pattern, with its grid of streets running back to the walls and intramural street, and the burhs of Wessex fortified by Ethelfleda's father Alfred in the late 9th century.
15 hours ago · Though Egbert defeated a large Viking force in 838 that had combined with the Britons of Cornwall and Aethelwulf won a great victory in 851 over a Viking army that had stormed Canterbury and London and put the Mercian king to flight, it was difficult to deal with an enemy that could attack anywhere on a long and undefended coastline.