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Jan 2, 2018 · Æthelstan (popularly known to history as ‘Athelstan’) was the grandson of Alfred the Great and from 924 to his death in 939 he unified the disparate Anglo-Saxons to create a truly unified kingdom of England for the first time. He was the eldest of son of King Edward the Elder but his mother was a concubine and his accession, as “King of ...
Jun 23, 2017 · Eclipses at their charms. Gunnhild, the infamous Viking queen that ruled over three nations, had many names: queen, sorceress, mother to a generation. Seen as a scourge to kings and kin alike, much of what we know of her must be pieced together from fragmented stories and the bile of her enemies. Many argue that she is a work of fiction, an ...
Jan 11, 2018 · Alfred’s grandson, Æthelstan, completed the task. England would be England after all. Edoardo Albert is the author In Search of Alfred the Great: the King, the Grave, the Legend (with Katie Tucker) and Northumbria: The Lost Kingdom (with Paul Gething).
May 18, 2018 · Æthelstan of England (c. 895-949) This Anglo-Saxon warrior king ‘reconquered’ York from the Vikings, and proclaimed himself ‘king of all Britain’. Brian Boru of Ireland (c.940-1014) This High King united Ireland under his leadership, famously defeating the Vikings at Clontarf, and establishing the powerful O’Brien dynasty.
