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Hace 21 horas · EN BREF. Cerdic, considéré comme le fondateur du royaume de Wessex, débarqua en Hampshire en 495 avec son fils Cynric et cinq navires de guerriers.
Hace 3 días · Cerdic (494/514-534) is commonly cited as the first, but may be apocryphal (see Timothy Venning, The Kings & Queens of Anglo-Saxon England, Great Britain, 2013). Wessex was among the heptarchy of kingdoms of the early Anglo-Saxon years, to borrow and twist a phrase used by @Nap in his post The Kings and Coins of Anglo-Saxon Mercia. Indeed ...
Hace 2 días · 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.
Hace 1 día · The Wessex royal line was traditionally founded by a man named Cerdic, an undoubtedly Celtic name identical to Ceretic, the name given to two British kings, and ultimately derived from the Brittonic *Caraticos. This may indicate that Cerdic was a native Briton, and that his dynasty became anglicised over time.
Hace 2 días · In the year 495, Cerdic, a noble Saxon general, arrived in Britain with a large body of Saxons; he was illustrious not only on account of his own conquests, but for his descent, being sprung from Woden, the root of all the principal Saxon families; from him the kings of England, down to king Edward the Confessor, in the male line, were ...
Hace 3 días · Alfred, also spelled Aelfred, byname Alfred the Great, (born 849—died 899), king of Wessex (871–899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy.
Hace 3 días · Alfredo il Grande (in inglese antico: Ælfred; Wantage, 848 o 849 – Winchester, 26 ottobre 899) è stato sovrano del regno anglosassone occidentale del Wessex dall'871 all'899, ed è oggi venerato come santo da alcune tradizioni cristiane. Alfredo fu l'ultimo figlio di Etelvulfo del Wessex e di Osburga di Wight, che perirono durante la sua infanzia.
