The Early English have one thing above all that separates them from the Brythonic peoples that preceded them on the Island that is England. They had the 19 volumes of Anglo-Saxon chronicles. It records their history and has caused much jealousy, as others did not record their own history. The English are a Germanic set […]

The Battle of Maldon took place on English soil on the 10th August 991 A. D. approximately two miles south-east of Maldon, in Essex, during the reign of Æthelred the Unready. Attacked by Vikings from Norway Sweden and Denmark since the 700’s, Saxon England would respond to Viking raids. By this point in English history […]

Born: 7 August 943 AD, Kingdom of England Died: 8 July 975 AD, Winchester Full name: Edgar I Nickname: the Peaceable Spouse: Wulthryth Children: Edward the Martyr, Æthelred the Unready, Edith of Wilton, Edmund Ætheling Parents: Edmund I, Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury In the brilliant and peaceful reign of Edgar all this long building had reached its culmination. The re-conquest of England was accompanied step by step by a […]

“The forming of England” In 937 AD Scottish, Welsh, Norse and Irish formed an alliance to deal with the Anglo-Saxons of England once and for all. Their army was huge for the time. But they failed to estimate the resilience of the English, or the skill of the English King. King Æthelstan (Athelstan), grandson of […]

Name: King AthelstanBorn: c.895Parents: Edward the Elder and EcgywnHouse of: WessexAscended to the throne: July 17, 924Crowned: September 4, 925 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.30Married: UnmarriedChildren: NoneDied: October 27, 940 at GloucesterBuried at: MalmesburyReigned for: 16 years, 3 months, and 10 daysSucceeded by: his half brother Edmund King of England 924–39. The son of Edward the […]

Name: King Edward The ElderBorn: c.871Parents: Alfred the Great and Ealswith of MerciaHouse of: WessexCrowned: June 8, 900 at Kingston-upon-Thames, aged c.29Married: (1) Ecgywn (2) Elfleda and (3) Edgiva. Children: 5 sons and 11 daughtersDied: July 17, 924 at Farndon-on-DeeBuried at: WinchesterSucceeded by: his son Æthelstan King of the West Saxons (Wessex). He became king in 899 […]

Name: King Alfred the GreatBorn: c.849 at Wantage, BerkshireParents: Æthelwulf and OsburhHouse of: WessexBecame King: 871Married: Ealhswith of MerciaChildren: 5 children, Ælfthryth, Æthelflaed, Æthelgifu, Edward, ÆthelweardDied: October 26, 899Buried at: Winchester CathedralSucceeded by: his son Edward Alfred (Ælfred) was born at Wantage in England, historically in Berkshire, but currently in Oxfordshire, the youngest son of  Æthelwulf […]

In 867 Æthelred’s brother-in-law, Burghred king of Mercia, appealed to him for help against the Vikings. Æthelred and his brother, the future Ælfred the Great, led a West Saxon army to Nottingham, along with Edmund, King of East Anglia, but there was no decisive battle, and eventually Burghred bought off the Danes and they retreated […]

The Battle of Agincourt (October 25, 1415) was a pivotal battle in the Hundred Years’ War (1337–1453), resulting in an English victory over the French. The English King Henry V and his troops were marching to Calais to embark for England when he was intercepted by forces which outnumbered his. The French wanted to annihilate […]

Born c.1020Reigned Jan 1066 – Oct 1066Died Oct 1066 Harold’s Father To begin to tell the story of Harold II, who is the last of Saxon kings, we must return to the reign of Canute. Following the departure of Aethelred the Unready to Normandy in 1013, after a reign of semi incompetence and mismanagement, he […]