Wessex (redirected fromKingdom of Wessex) Thesaurus Encyclopedia Related to Kingdom of Wessex:Vikings,Kattegat Wes·sex (wĕs′ĭks) A region and ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of southern England. Founded by the descendants of Saxons who settled in Britain in the fifth century, Wessex became ...
31:43 【英国历史】第19期丨英格兰的七国时代之麦西亚王国,The Kingdom of Mercia丨丨彭达(Penda)丨奥法(Offa) 31:53 【英国历史】第20期丨英格兰的七国时代之威塞克斯 Wessex丨The Last Kingdom孤国春秋丨埃格伯特Egbert 18:38
Egbert of Wessex Egbert has been called 'the first king of all England', a rather grand claim which depends on how you define 'Britain'. Egbert was a son of Ealhmund, the Kentish king, and grandson of king Eafa of Wessex, but not the heir apparent to the Wessex throne. Before reachi...
870wasthelow-watermarkinthehistoryoftheAnglo-Saxonkingdoms.WithalltheotherkingdomshavingfallentotheVikings（斯堪的纳维亚）,Wessexalonewasstillresisting.870年是整个盎格鲁撒克逊社会的低谷期，几乎所有的英格兰王国均陷入丹麦人手，只有威塞克斯依然在坚持抵抗。Counterattackandvictory崛起 878年春，他重整旗鼓，在艾丁顿（...
"My research is based on a combination of written documents and my own journeys to explore the locations associated with King Alfred. This led me to try to find enigmatic locations such as Egbert's Stone and Iglea (both covered in the book), not to mention the important battle sites of ...
role to that of Wessex. Asser paints Eadburgh as an unnatural sort of woman being more dominant than her spouse. He also paints her as a poisoner – not a very noble method dispatching your enemies. In reality Egbert was probably not sitting around waiting to be summoned back to Wessex. ...
Wessex the strongest of the English kingdoms. By virtue of long-dormant hereditary claims, Egbert was accepted as king in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, andEssex. In 829 he conquered Mercia itself, but he lost it in the following year to the Mercian king Wiglaf. A year before his death Egbert ...
1Athelstan was king of Wessex and the first king of all England. 2James VI of Scotland became also James I of England in 1603. Upon accession to the English throne, he styled himself "King of Great Britain" and was so proclaimed. Legally, however, he and his successors held separate ...
—in both instances withoutattribution. In the same year, “God Save the King” was performed in two London theatres, one the Drury Lane; and in the following yearGeorge Frideric Handelused it in hisOccasional Oratorio,which dealt with the tribulations of the, who used it in seven variations...
【英国历史】第19期丨英格兰的七国时代之麦西亚王国,The Kingdom of Mercia丨丨彭达(Penda)丨奥法(Offa) 31:53 【英国历史】第20期丨英格兰的七国时代之威塞克斯 Wessex丨The Last Kingdom孤国春秋丨埃格伯特Egbert 18:38 【英国历史】第21期丨维京风暴・序章:埃塞尔沃夫传 17:36 【英国历史】第22期丨维...