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They say: "Osferth's relationship to Alfred is uncertain. He may have belonged to his mother Osburh's family, or he may have been a son of the Oswald filius regis who occurs in [royal charters] S 340, 1201 and 1203 and was perhaps a son of Alfred's brother Æthelred." [24] However, in Nelson's view, it is very unlikely that Oswald was Æthelred ...
Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith.When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred I.
The Last Kingdom is a British historical drama television series created and developed for ... (series 2–5), Alfred's bastard son who becomes one of Uhtred's most ...
Alfred was a son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. [5] According to his biographer, Asser, writing in 893, "In the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons", was born at the royal estate called Wantage, in the district known as Berkshire [a] ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
Uhtred Uhtredson – Uhtred's elder son, later called Judas. Osbert – Uhtred's youngest child, later called Uhtred, 19 years old. Osferth – King Alfred's illegitimate son, now a member of Uhtred's household troops. Steapa Snotor – A fearsome Saxon warrior, captain of the King's household guard under Alfred and kept in that role by King ...
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die ending explained. The movie continues The Last Kingdom story with more turmoil for Uhtred from the offset as King Edward dies and his widow Eadgifu and ...
Edward the Elder, Alfred's son, united southern England under his rule by conquering the Viking occupied areas of Mercia and East Anglia. His son, Æthelstan, extended the kingdom into the northern lands of Northumbria, which lies above the Mersey and Humber, but this was not fully consolidated until after his nephew Edgar succeeded to the throne.
Third, and last, Uhtred married Ælfgifu, daughter of King Æthelred the Unready. They had a daughter: They had a daughter: Ealdgyth, ancestress of the Earls of Dunbar ; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] she married Maldred, called son of ' thegn Crínán' by De obsessione Dunelmi (possibly identical to Crínán of Dunkeld , thus making Maldred brother of Duncan I ...