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King of Mercia r.796: Eadburh fl.787-802: Beorhtric King of Wessex?–802 r.786-802: Ælfflæd of Mercia: Æthelred I King of Northumbria ~762–796 r.774-779 790-796: Ecgberht of Wessex King of Mercia 771/775-839 r.829-830: Coenwulf King of Mercia?-821 r.796–821: Ælfthryth of Mercia: Beorhtwulf King of Mercia?-852 r.839/40-852: Ceolwulf I ...
In 2018, Innes joined the main cast of the Netflix medieval drama The Last Kingdom for its third series as King Edward the Elder, [7] a role he would portray for the final three series, the fifth and final of which premiered in 2022. [8] He also appeared in the World War II film Ashes in the Snow and had a small role in The Favourite. [9]
He became a star in musical comedies, and won acclaim as a leading player and character actor. His best-known roles included Gregers Werle in The Wild Duck, the captain in Androcles and the Lion, and Bluntschli in Arms and the Man — all in 1925 — and King Magnus in The Apple Cart (1930).
Magnus was left to be fostered by Yaroslav and his wife Ingegerd. [5] In early 1031, a party including Magnus's uncle Harald Sigurdsson (later also to be king and then known as Harald Hardrada) arrived to report the news of his father's death at the Battle of Stiklestad.
In 927 he conquered Northumbria and thus became the first king of all England. [26] Mercia briefly regained a political existence separate from Wessex in 955–959, when Edgar became king of Mercia, and again in 1016, when Cnut and Edmund Ironside divided the English kingdom between themselves, with Cnut taking Mercia. [27]
King Offa had at least five children, and it is thought that they were all Cynethryth's as well; they were: Ecgfrith (died 796) - King of Mercia, died after a reign of only 141 days. Eadburh - Queen of Wessex, wife of Beorhtric of Wessex. Ælfflæd - Queen of Northumbria, wife of Æthelred I of Northumbria. Æthelburh - An abbess.
A son of King Harald Hardrada, Magnus was in 1058 appointed nominal leader of an expedition into the Irish Sea while still only a child. He appears to have assisted Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia in their struggles against Wessex , although his primary objective may have been to assert control over Orkney .
Later in the year the Army moved south and invaded the Kingdom of Mercia, capturing the town of Nottingham, where they spent the winter. [9] The Mercian king, Burghred, responded by allying with the West Saxon King Æthelred, and with a combined force they laid siege to the town. The Anglo-Saxons were unable to recapture the city, but a truce ...