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Map 5.3 England under Alfred the Great (d. 899) In several hard-fought victories over the Danes, King Alfred secured London and all the south coast for Wessex. He then allied with Mercia by marrying his daughter to the Mercian king.
Osburh. Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Sep 28, 2024 · English: Folding engraved map published in: Daines Barrington (ed./transl.), King Ælfred’s Orosius: The Anglo-Saxon Version, from the Historian Orosius. By Ælfred the Great. Together with an English Translation from the Anglo-Saxon.
Alfred’s Kingdom xxiv. 1. The changing face of Alfredian Britain 22. (a): Britain at the time of Alfred’s birth, c. ad 850. (b): Britain shortly after Alfred’s death, ad 900. 2. Expeditions of Ivar and Olaf, 864–72 60.
Aug 29, 2016 · File: A Map of Europe for the Illustration of King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon translation of Orosius. Engraved by J. Bayly.jpg
Description: A map of England, Wales, and southern Scotland in AD 878 after the Treaty of Chippenham (also known as the Treaty of Wedmore) between King &Aelig;lfred of the Anglo–Saxons and the Danish King Guthrum, which ended this period of Viking invasion of England.
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England under Alfred. A large-scale map of southern England, centering on Mercia, Wessex, and East Anglia, showing Mercia and Wessex merging into Alfred's Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons, with Guthrum's Kingdom across the border. Map drawn by Reginald Piggott for Simon Keynes.
