Egbert: Egbert, , king of the West Saxons from 802 to 839, who formed around Wessex a kingdom so powerful that it eventually achieved the political unification of England (mid-10th century). The son of Ealhmund, king in Kent in 784 and 786, Egbert was a member of a family that had formerly held the West
ABOUT CITY OF WINCHESTER UK. Winchester is the ancient Capital of Wessex, the County Town of Hampshire, England. It’s the burial place of many of England’s Kings, Queens, Saints, and famous people such as Jane Austen, Izaac Walton and Keats.
I have had many boats over the last 40 years and feel qualified to give judgement. Wessex are genuinely outstanding in their level of expertise, attitude and support.
Wessex (/ ˈ w ɛ s ɪ k s /; Old English: Westseaxna rīce [westsæɑksnɑ riːt͡ʃe], the “kingdom of the West Saxons”) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century.. The Anglo-Saxons believed that Wessex was founded by Cerdic and Cynric, but this may …
In 853 his er man Alfred went to Rome, and according to contemporary references in the Liber Vitae of San Salvatore, Brescia, Æthelred accompanied him. He first witnessed his man’s charters as an Ætheling in 854, and kept this title until he succeeded to the throne in 865. He may have acted as an underking as early as 862, and in 862 and 863 he issued charters as King …
AD 688 – Conversion of King Caedwalla of Wessex. He abdicates the throne and departs on a pilgrimage to Rome. The subsequent power vacuum is filled by Ine, the son of his second cousin, sub-King Coenred of Dorset.
Located amid the beautiful New Forest National Park in England, Wessex Institute of Technology (usually referred to as just Wessex Institute or WIT) is a unique organisation serving the international scientific community.
Alfred: Alfred, king of Wessex (871–899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England.
West Seaxe (West Saxons / Wessex) Incorporating the Wiltsaete. The West Saxons formed one of the most powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England – in fact it was their kingdom that formed the basis of a single, united English kingdom in …
Wessex, also known as the Kingdom of the West Saxons, was a large and extremely influential Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 to 927AD. In this article, we take a look at the Kings and Queens that ruled over the kingdom for almost half a millennium.
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