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2 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.
2 days ago · The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it. (see List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex) As to the medieval histories of Scotland and Wales:
3 days ago · In 685 AD, Æthelwealh faced a formidable challenge from Cædwalla, a West Saxon noble with ambitions of conquest. Cædwalla invaded Sussex, defeated Æthelwealh in battle, and ultimately killed him. This invasion marked a significant turning point in the history of Sussex, as it led to the temporary subjugation of the kingdom by Wessex.
4 days ago · By 871, when it first attacked Wessex, it had already captured York, been bought off by Mercia, and had taken possession of East Anglia. Many battles were fought in Wessex, including one that led to a Danish defeat at Ashdown in 871.
3 days ago · Eadric (Ædric) ( fl. 942–949) was a tenth-century ealdorman of Wessex. [nb 1] He was the youngest of four sons of Æthelfrith, an ealdorman in Mercia, and his wife Æthelgyth. From 946 until his death in 949 Eadric was the second most senior ealdorman in England, surpassed only by his brother Æthelstan Half-King .
5 days ago · Three mills rendering twelve horseloads of grain belonged to Eadgifu, lady of the manor, at the time of the Domesday Survey. In 1290 Roger Corbett held only two mills, but another mill possibly belonged to his mother Ada Corbett, who had one third of the manor in dower.
5 days ago · In the east we find a system of assessment resembling that which prevailed in the counties to its east and south-east; in the west we recognize a system approximating to that of Devon. Somerset, we are thus reminded, stands between Wessex and 'West Wales.' From assessment we must now pass to measures of actual area.
