Media in category "Æthelflæd of Wessex, Lady of Mercia" The following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. A weaker kingdom, it recognised Mercian dominance before being conquered by Wessex in the 680s. However, Mercian independence was restored in 830. [24] In 883 Æthelred granted privileges to Berkeley Abbey and in the 890s he and Æthelflæd issued a charter in favour of the church of Worcester. [81] Ryan believes that the Mercian rulers "had a considerable but ultimately subordinate share of royal authority".[65]. Celtic visions of Æthelred and Æthelflæd as king and queen certainly offer a different, and equally valid, contemporary take on the complex politics of this transition to a new English state. During 383–4, in the context of the overthrow of Emperor Gratian, Maximus took most of the garrison from Britain to Gaul, where he was made Augustus of the West, ruling Britain, Gaul, Spain and Roman Africa. The Pale Horseman spans 2 years, 876-878. In 802 the fortunes of Wessex were transformed by the accession of Egbert who came from a cadet branch of the ruling dynasty that claimed descent from Ine's brother Ingild. Alfred adopted the title King of the English, claiming to rule all English people not living in areas under Viking control. Over the following years, what became known as the Great Heathen Army overwhelmed the kingdoms of Northumbria and East Anglia. Æscwine's reign only lasted two years, and in 676 the throne passed back to the immediate family of Cenwealh with the accession of his brother Centwine. However, a war arose in Kent due to a dispute between Hengest and Vortigern's son. He argues that King Edward was anxious not to encourage Mercian separatism and did not wish to publicise his sister's accomplishments, in case she became a symbol of Mercian claims. Historians consider this unlikely, but she may have sent a contingent to the battle. In 855–856 Æthelwulf went on pilgrimage to Rome and his eldest surviving son Æthelbald took advantage of his absence to seize his father's throne. When it came to the true parentage of Aethelflaed of Mercia’s daughter Aelfwynn, The Last Kingdom tore up the history books and introduced some Danish blood into the royal line… In 877 the Vikings partitioned Mercia, taking the eastern regions for themselves and allowing Ceolwulf to keep the western ones. Ethelfleda de Wessex (869-918) fue la hija mayor de Alfredo el Grande y de su esposa Ethelswitha.Se casó con Ethelred II de Mercia, a cuya muerte, gobernó el reino.La Crónica anglosajona la denomina Señora de los mercianos. Encuentra todo el reparto de la temporada 3 para la serie The Last Kingdom: actores, directores y guionistas. En su búsqueda para reclamar sus derechos de nacimiento, Uhtred deberá recorrer un camino peligroso entre ambos bandos. Alfredo, o Grande (em inglês antigo Ælfred; 849 — 26 de outubro de 899) foi Rei de Wessex, de 871 a 899, e Rei dos Anglo-Saxões de 886 a 899.. Alfredo defendeu o seu reino contra os viquingues, e à época de sua morte, era o governante dominante na Inglaterra.Ele é um dos dois reis ingleses a quem foi concedido o epíteto "O Grande", sendo o outro Canuto, o Grande. Then in 909 Edward started harassing the Northumbrians, angering them so much they began to attack Mercia. Coordinates: 51°12′N 2°00′W / 51.2°N 2°W / 51.2; -2, Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, "West Saxons" redirects here. Ethelfleda married at the age of 15, and while travelling to Mercia for her wedding her band was attacked by the Danes in an attempt to kill her and so sabotage the alliance between Wessex and Mercia. He issued the oldest surviving English code of laws apart from those of the kingdom of Kent, and established a second West Saxon bishopric at Sherborne, covering the area west of Selwood Forest, which formed an important boundary between east and west Wessex. Æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the Viking invasions of England. But her reputation has suffered from bad publicity, or rather from a conspiracy of silence among her West Saxon contemporaries. The attributed arms of Wessex are also known as the "Arms of Edward the Confessor", and the design is based on an emblem historically used by King Edward the Confessor on the reverse side of pennies minted by him. In 851 a huge Danish army, said to have been carried on 350 ships, arrived in the Thames estuary. In early 918, Æthelflæd gained possession of Leicester without opposition and most of the local Danish army submitted to her. And the way in which she used her influence helped to make possible the unification of England under kings of the West Saxon royal house. [c] According to the Three Fragments, the Norse (Norwegian) Vikings were expelled from Dublin and then made an abortive attack on Wales. A translation of the Mercian Register is an appendix in Tim Clarkson's biography of Æthelflæd. [12] According to Frank Stenton, Æthelflæd led Mercian armies on expeditions, which she planned. To the West Saxon version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Æthelflæd was merely King Edward's sister, whereas for the Mercian Register she was Lady of the Mercians. He also obtained the overlordship of the Northumbrian king. Only then did Mercia's independent existence come to an end.[78]. Aethelflaed worked to fortify more cities to help protect the kingdom. The land was valuable, including most of the city's usable river frontage, and control of it enabled the Mercian rulers to dominate over and profit from the city. Aethelflaed is strong, brave and intelligent; she has a mind as thoughtful as her father’s and a will as strong as her mother’s. Among the towns where she built defences were Wednesbury, Bridgnorth, Tamworth, Stafford, Warwick, Chirbury and Runcorn. [11], Æthelflæd was born around 870, the oldest child of King Alfred the Great and his Mercian wife, Ealhswith, who was a daughter of Æthelred Mucel, ealdorman of the Gaini, one of the tribes of Mercia. Though half her company perished in the first attack, Ethelfleda … Hywel Dda was king of Dyfed in south-west Wales, Clydog ap Cadell probably king of Powys in the north-east, and Idwal ab Anarawd king of Gwynedd in the north-west. The Romans, or rather the Romano-British, built another major road that integrated Wessex, running eastwards from Exeter through Dorchester to Winchester and Silchester and on to London. The Welsh had made peace with the Mercians too and now all these kingdoms were united. The battle appears to have ended as a draw, and the expansion of Wessex ended for about thirty years. According to a news report, "experts believe it [the hoard] was buried by a Viking during a series of raids known to have taken place in the area at that time", while Wessex was ruled by Alfred the Great and Mercia by Ceolwulf II. La cuarta temporada de “The Last Kingdom” está disponible en Netflix desde el domingo 26 de abril de 2020 y aunque la plataforma streaming aún no ha confirmado una segunda temporada de la serie británica los últimos episodios dejaron el camino preparado para el regreso de Uhtred. A série épica apresenta várias figuras importantes da história britânica e se inspirou em diversos personagens da vida real para alcançar o … The ITV television series Broadchurch takes place in the Wessex area, primarily the county of Dorset. The Territorial Army Wessex Regiment continued to wear the Wessex Brigade badge until the late 1980s when its individual companies too readopted their parent regular regimental cap badges. Wainwright sees Æthelflæd as willingly accepting a subordinate role in a partnership with her brother and agreeing to his plan of unification of Wessex and Mercia under his rule. By 878, most of England was under Danish Viking rule – East Anglia and Northumbria having been conquered, and Mercia partitioned between the English and the Vikings – but in that year Alfred won a crucial victory at the Battle of Edington. Æthelflæd (auch Ethelfled, Ethelflaed, Æthelflæda oder Ethelfleda; * um 870; † 12.Juni 918 in Tamworth) war von 911 bis 918 Herrscherin von Mercia, einem angelsächsischen Königreich im frühen Mittelalter. Thereafter the two kingdoms became allies, which was to be an important factor in English resistance to the Vikings. He thereby became the Bretwalda, or high king of Britain. THE LAST KINGDOM season 3 is available to watch on Netflix now. In Nick Higham's view, medieval and modern writers have been so captivated by her that Edward's reputation has suffered unfairly in comparison. Following the Roman conquest, from the 1st century AD, numerous country villas with attached farms were established across Wessex, along with the important towns of Dorchester and Winchester (the ending -chester comes from Latin castra, "a military camp"). In 886 Alfred occupied the Mercian town of London, which had been in Viking hands. "The presence of both kings on the two emperor coins suggests some sort of pact between the pair. [42][43] Heighway and Michael Hare wrote: In the age when English scholarship and religion reached their lowest ebb, Mercia and in particular the lower Severn valley seem to have maintained traditional standards of learning. [86], This article was submitted to WikiJournal of Humanities for external academic peer review in 2018 (reviewer reports). Wessex, also known as the Kingdom of the West Saxons, was a large and extremely influential Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 to 927AD. In 829 he conquered Mercia, driving its King Wiglaf into exile, and secured acknowledgement of his overlordship from the king of Northumbria. [12] In the late ninth century Gloucester had become a burh with a street plan similar to Winchester, and Æthelred and Æthelflæd had repaired its ancient Roman defences. In the mid-4th century there were increasing raids on Roman Britain by peoples such as the Picti, Scotti, Attacotti and Franks, as well as the Saxons. When Sophie, Countess of Wessex was granted arms, the sinister supporter assigned was a blue wyvern, described by the College of Arms as "an heraldic beast which has long been associated with Wessex". Netflix est devenu le seul diffuseur depuis la troisième saison. Ethelfleda de Wessex (Æthelflæd, 869-918) fue la hija mayor de Alfredo el Grande y de su esposa Ethelswitha. 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Alfred's son and successor Edward the Elder, then annexed London, Oxford and the surrounding area, probably including Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, from Mercia to Wessex. Then in 871, the Great Summer Army arrived from Scandinavia, to reinforce the Great Heathen Army. It is likely that this was the last straw for the Witan and that Alfred lost their support due to the fact that his attempts to pay off the Vikings had not worked. In 918 Æthelflæd died and Edward took over direct control of Mercia, extinguishing what remained of its independence and ensuring that henceforth there would be only one Kingdom of the English. [2] Economic decline occurred after these events: circulation of Roman coins ended and the importation of items from the Roman Empire stopped. [80], Simon Keynes points out that all coins were issued in Edward's name, and while the Mercian rulers were able to issue some charters on their own authority, others acknowledged Edward's lordship. La primera temporada se emitió en octubre de 2015, pero el programa no regresó hasta marzo de 2017. This system is recorded in a 10th-century document known as the Burghal Hidage, which details the location and garrisoning requirements of thirty-three forts, whose positioning ensured that no one in Wessex was more than a long day's ride from a place of safety. Alfred also reformed the administration of justice, issued a new law code and championed a revival of scholarship and education. Other sources confirm that the Norse were driven out of Dublin in 902 and that Æthelflæd fortified Chester in 907. Aethelfleda. [3] The situation was transformed the following year when Alfred won a decisive victory over the Danes at the Battle of Edington. The Kingdom of Wessex (c. 519-927 CE or c. 519-1066 CE) was a political entity founded by the West Saxon Chieftain Cerdic (r. 519-540 CE) in 519 CE in the Upper Thames Valley of modern-day Britain which would later evolve into the modern nation. The Wessex Constitutional Convention and Wessex Regionalist Party are minor groups seeking increased political autonomy for the region. Centwine is known to have fought and won battles against the Britons, but the details have not survived. But it also contains, especially for our period, much genuine historical information which seems to have its roots in a contemporary narrative. The film Shakespeare in Love included a character called "Lord Wessex" – a title which did not exist in Elizabethan times. It did not suffer major attacks and it did not come under great pressure from Wessex. > Tuerqui < In 918 Leicester surrendered without a fight. In 917 she sent an army to capture Derby, the first of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw to fall to the English, a victory described by Tim Clarkson as "her greatest triumph". [16] Æthelflæd was first recorded as Æthelred's wife in a charter of 887, when he granted two estates to the see of Worcester "with the permission and sign-manual of King Alfred" and the attestors included "Æthelflæd conjux". [19] In the view of Ian Walker: "He was a royal ealdorman whose power base lay in the south-west of Mercia in the former kingdom of the Hwicce around Gloucester". Aethelflaed map.jpg 2,338 × 1,700; 1.11 MB When Æthelwulf's son, Æthelbald, usurped the throne, the kingdom was divided to avoid war. [50] Alfred had constructed a network of fortified burhs in Wessex, and Edward and Æthelflæd now embarked on a programme of extending them to consolidate their defences and provide bases for attacks on the Vikings. The Last Kingdom temporada 1. Edward did not conquer the Viking Kingdom of York in southern Northumbria. Aethelflaed worked to fortify more cities to help protect the kingdom. In 915 Chirbury was fortified to guard a route from Wales and Runcorn on the River Mersey. During the 8th century Wessex was overshadowed by Mercia, whose power was then at its height, and the West Saxon kings may at times have acknowledged Mercian overlordship. The accession of a female ruler in Mercia is described by the historian Ian Walker as "one of the most unique events in early medieval history". With Alexander Dreymon, Eliza Butterworth, Ian Hart, Arnas Fedaravicius. Both sides claimed victory but Ragnall was able to establish himself as ruler of Northumbria. In 904 Bishop Werferth granted a lease of land in the city to Æthelred and Æthelflæd, to be held for the duration of their lives and that of their daughter Ælfwynn. No opposition to Edward's decision to remove her from power and send her to Wessex in December 918 is recorded by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle or elsewhere. From this point forwards, Wessex is the most powerful English kingdom, always dominant over the others. Alfred was reduced to taking refuge with a small band of followers in the marshes of the Somerset Levels, but after a few months he was able to gather an army and defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington, bringing about their final withdrawal from Wessex to settle in East Anglia. LADY OF THE MERCIANS By kind courtesy of Christine Smith. The following year, the Vikings conquered East Anglia. 50 years later it once again recognised Mercian supremacy. Wessex became a Christian kingdom after Cenwalh was baptised and was expanded under his rule. In this article, we take a look at the Kings and Queens that ruled over the kingdom for almost half a millennium. In that last year of her life, Viking leaders in Leicester offered to submit to her rule and there were rumours that powerful Viking leaders in York might form an alliance with Mercia. During the course of these campaigns he conquered the western Britons still in Devon and reduced those beyond the River Tamar, now Cornwall, to the status of a vassal. The process by which this transformation of the status of Mercia took place is unknown, but it left Alfred as the only remaining English king. [12][18], Æthelred's descent is unknown. Para Cornwell la historia de la unificación de Inglaterra demuestra, por encima de los hechos históricos y de la aventura épica, que todos somos inmigrantes, un tema de imperiosa actualidad. Tim Clarkson's biography has a detailed discussion of Æthelflæd' burhs. [44], Mercia had a long tradition of venerating royal saints and this was enthusiastically supported by Æthelred and Æthelflæd. No opposition to Edward's decision to remove her from power and send her to Wessex in December 918 is recorded by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle or elsewhere. The balance of power tipped steadily in favour of the English. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. This defeat is not recorded in the Chronicle. [60] No charters of Edward survive for the period between 910 and his death in 924,[61] whereas two survive in Æthelflæd's sole name, S 224, possibly dating to 914 and S 225, dated 9 September 915, issued at Weardbyrig, one of the burhs she built at an unidentified location. In 927 Edward's successor Athelstan conquered Northumbria, bringing the whole of England under one ruler for the first time. A portion of the Danish army settled in Mercia, but at the beginning of 878 the remaining Danes mounted a winter invasion of Wessex, taking Alfred by surprise and overrunning much of the kingdom. Ceawlin was deposed, perhaps by his nephew, Ceol, and died a year later. Ethelfleda (–flē`də), d. 918, daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and wife of Æthelred, ealdorman [alderman or earl] of Mercia. This was the first conversion to Christianity by a West Saxon king, but it was not accompanied by the immediate conversion of all the West Saxons: Cynegils' successor (and probably his son), Cenwealh, who came to the throne in about 642, was a pagan at his accession. Le père Beocca rebatipse le fils du roi. As The Last Kingdom depicts, he was a well-liked ruler with a reputation among his people for being level-headed and merciful. [2] In 874 the Vikings expelled King Burgred and Ceolwulf became the last King of Mercia with their support. Æthelstan took control of it in 927 but after his death in 939 the kingdom was contested until the expulsion of the last Norse king in 954. In brief, it states that after the Romans left, the Britons managed to continue for a time without any major disruptions. Marios Costambeys dates Æthelflæd's birth to the early 870s. This position of dominance was short-lived, as Wiglaf returned and restored Mercian independence in 830, but the expansion of Wessex across south-eastern England proved permanent. He sought refuge in the Somerset marshes at Athelney. They granted the church of Worcester a half share of the rights of lordship over the city, covering land rents and the proceeds of justice, and in return the cathedral community agreed in perpetuity to dedicate a psalm to them three times a day and a mass and thirty psalms every Saturday. Winchester, Ancient Capital of England. He was the King of the Wessex. [39] The Mercian rulers built a new minster in Gloucester and, although the building was small, it was embellished on a grand scale, with rich sculpture. Her brother Edward had united Wessex and Mercia with East Anglia. [23] No subsequent 'Kings' of Cornwall are recorded after this time, but Asser records Cornwall as a separate kingdom from Wessex in the 890s.[24]. Alfred had built a network of fortified burhs and in the 910s Edward and Æthelflæd embarked on a programme of extending them. [26], At the end of the ninth century, Æthelred and Æthelflæd fortified Worcester, with the permission of King Alfred and at the request of Bishop Werferth, described in the charter as "their friend". [35] After Æthelflæd's death, Edward encountered fierce resistance to his efforts to consolidate his control of the north-west and he died there in 924, shortly after suppressing a local rebellion. However, there was increasing internal conflict across the Roman Empire. [13] The name Cerdic is derived from the British name *Caraticos. Shortly afterwards the Viking leaders of York offered her their loyalty, but she died on 12 June 918 before she could take advantage of the offer, and a few months later Edward completed the conquest of Mercia. In 407, a Roman officer in Britain, Constantine III declared himself Augustus of the West, and left for Gaul, taking with him Roman troops. Although the entry mentions Cynric as Cerdic's son, a different source lists him as the son of Cerdic's son, Creoda. After the conquest of England by the Danish king Cnut in 1016, he established earldoms based on the former kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia and East Anglia, but initially administered Wessex personally. Stafford argues that Æthelred and Æthelflæd exercised most or all of the powers of a monarch after Alfred's death but it would have been a provocative act formally to claim regality, especially after Æthelwold's rebellion. ... vi consiglio un binge-watching della serie Netflix "The Last Kingdom". Æthelred's health probably declined early in the next decade, after which it is likely that Æthelflæd was mainly responsible for the government of Mercia. The regular Wessex Brigade of the 1960s adopted a cap badge featuring the heraldic beast, until the regiments took back up individual regimental badges in the late 1960s. Cynegils's godfather was King Oswald of Northumbria and his conversion may have been connected with an alliance against King Penda of Mercia, who had previously attacked Wessex. Wessex (/ˈwɛsɪks/; Old English: Westseaxna rīċe [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 927. There were no conflicts between the British and the Saxons for a time, but following "a dispute about the supply of provisions" the Saxons warred against the British and severely damaged parts of the country. [33] Æthelflæd re-founded Chester as a burh and she is believed to have enhanced its Roman defences by running walls from the north-west and south-east corners of the fort to the River Dee. [12] Ian Walker suggests that Æthelflæd accepted this loss of territory in return for recognition by her brother of her position in Mercia. Æthelflæd witnessed charters of Æthelred in 888, 889 and 896. [51], Æthelflæd had already fortified an unknown location called Bremesburh in 910 and in 912 she built defences at Bridgnorth to cover a crossing of the River Severn.
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