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7th King of Wessex 625–636: Centwine d. 685 13th King of Wessex 676–685: Seaxburh d. c. 674 (11th) Queen of Wessex c. 672 – c. 674: Cenwalh d. 674 8/10th King of Wessex 642–645–648–683: sister of Penda? Penda c. 606 –655 9th King of Wessex 645–648: Eowa? Cenfus d. 674 12th King of Wessex 674: Cædwalla c. 659 –689 14th King of ...
Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, and his sister, Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, conquer most of the Danelaw. [4] 910. 5 August – Battle of Tettenhall: Edward the Elder, King of Wessex, allied with the forces of Mercia, defeats a Northumbrian Viking army; Eowils and Halfdan and Ingwær, kings of Northumbria, are killed. [5] 911
April 23 – Alfred succeeds as king of Wessex after Æthelred's death. He makes peace with the Danes, and pays them Danegeld , each ruling parts of England . May – Battle of Wilton : Alfred the Great is defeated by the Danes at Wilton (along the southern side of the River Wylye ), leaving him in retreat for several years.
The event comes on the third day of festivities to mark 70 years since the Queen’s reign began. ... The Earl and Countess of Wessex also met the winner of a local Platinum Jubilee Pudding ...
He gave each of his Wessex counties a fictionalised name, such as with Berkshire, which is known in the novels as "North Wessex". [citation needed] In the book and television series The Last Kingdom, Wessex is the primary setting, focusing on the rule of Alfred the Great and the war against the Vikings. [47] Wessex remains a common term for the ...
5 August – Battle of Maserfield: King Penda of Mercia kills Oswald of Northumbria and divides his realm. [5] Oswald's brother Oswiu becomes king of Bernicia, subject to Penda. c.642 or 643 – Cenwalh succeeds his father Cynegils as King of Wessex. 643. Widsith, the earliest surviving example of English heroic prose, is composed. [1] 645
6. She was also 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex from 802 and King of England from 827 to 839. 7. Aged five weeks, she was christened in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.
Edward was presented with a programme of the show by Sophie Colasanti, 11. The earl and countess will be entertained by a cast of famous faces at this year’s show, including music from Nile ...