House of Wessex Period
Who Was Emma of Normandy?
Queen Emma, twice Queen of England and gatekeeper to the Norman dynasty, is one of histories most intriguing Medieval women. What was her role in the melee of Viking, Anglo Saxon and Norman rule?
Read MoreAethelwulf King of Wessex
Aethelwulf King of Wessex whose son Alfred the Great becomes one of Britain’s most charismatic and influential monarchs
Read MoreKing Cenwulf of Mercia
King Cenwulf a successor of King Offa, the last of the Mercian Kings to rule over England.
Read MoreKing Cerdic
Cerdic according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicles the first King of Wessex, the same line as Alfred the Great discover his connections to British History and his famous house here. Was he a just a legendary figure, a saxon warlord?
Read MoreEngland as an Heptarchy
7 Kingdoms Making 1 England with Alfred uniting the enterprise and the Vikings creating the climate in which English Unification was a better option that continuing domination of the Vikings. The Kingdoms hold the key into how these regions fought and conquered and rose up against the invaders to reverse the fortunes of England and set in place what would hold until the Norman Conquest, how would we turn the corner and become one people as Bede had alluded to…
Read MoreEgbert Anglo Saxon King of Wessex 802-839
King Egbert of Wessex, a brief claim to fame achieving a fleeting Overlordship over much of Southern England and the Mercians. His victory at the Battle of Ellandune would pave the way for the unification of England under Alfred the Great…
Read MoreKing of the Anglo Saxons c860 AD
The first ‘King of England’ emerges out of the Dark Ages
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