The Dark Age Renaissance of Northern Europe | BBC Documentary. DarkAges_Study_Guide. Dalriada_pdf. The Normans. The Normans came to govern England following one of the most famous battles in English history: the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Four Norman kings presided over a period of great change and development for the country. The Domesday Book, a great record of English land-holding, was published; the forests were extended; the Exchequer was founded; and a start was made on the Tower of London.
In religious affairs, the Gregorian reform movement gathered pace and forced concessions, while the machinery of government developed to support the country while Henry was fighting abroad. Meanwhile, the social landscape altered dramatically, as the Norman aristocracy came to prominence. Many of the nobles struggled to keep a hold on their interests in both Normandy and England, as divided rule meant the threat of conflict. This was the case when William the Conqueror died. The question of the succession continued to weigh heavily over the remainder of the period.
My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Ealhmund of Kent. Ealhmund of Kent (d. Aft. 784) Ealhmund of Kent (son of Eofa and of Kent) died Aft. 784. Notes for Ealhmund of Kent:Ealhmund, was King of Kent in 784. There is little historical evidence for his reign. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ealhmund was the father of Ecgberht III, later King of Wessex and Kent EALHMUND, son of EAFA of Wessex & his wife --- a princess of the Royal House of Kent (-after 784, maybe after 801).
M ---. Ealhmund & his wife had [two] children: 1. . - see below. 2. Children of Ealhmund of Kent are: Explore Kindred Britain. My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Ealhmund of Kent. King Ludeca Mercia (b. - 827) List of English monarchs. English monarchs until 1707 This list of kings and reigning queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, who initially ruled Wessex, one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms which later made up modern England.
Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, and while he was not the first king to claim to rule all of the English, his rule represents the start of the first unbroken line of kings to rule the whole of England, the House of Wessex.[1] Arguments are made for a few different kings thought to have controlled enough Anglo-Saxon kingdoms to be deemed the first king of England. For example, Offa of Mercia and Egbert of Wessex are sometimes described as kings of England by popular writers, but it is no longer the majority view of historians that their wide dominions are part of a process leading to a unified England. House of Wessex[edit] House of Denmark[edit] House of Wessex (restored, first time)[edit] House of Denmark (restored)[edit] Timeline[edit] Blanche of Lancaster. (photo from a tapestry) The woman to whom "The Book of the Duchess" by Geoffrey Chaucer is dedicated to, Blanche of Lancaster, was the first and beloved wife of John of Gaunt (yes, he who later married his mistress Katherine Swynford from whom the Tudors claimed the throne).
Even though she was deeply loved by her husband, and the mother of the future Henry IV, Blanche is not the woman we hear about the most when it comes to John of Gaunt, as his mistress (and later wife) tends to overshadow her (as the mighty Tudors descended from Katherine and John’s issue). Blanche was born at Bolingbroke Castle on the 25th of March in 1345. Her parents were Henry of Grostmont, the 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Isabel de Beaumont. She is described as to have been beautiful, with blonde hair, blue eyes, and she was a calm and peaceful person. She was married to her third cousin, John of Gaunt on the 19th of May 1359, when she was fourteen years old. Her funeral at St. Caesar's Messiah Jesus A Roman Invention. Ceasors Mesiah. Wessex. TheNormans. Anglian York: History of York. Anglo-Saxons were living in and around York by the late 400s: we know that from cemetery remains. But it is only from about 600 that there is clear evidence of the city’s status.
During this period the four great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria were defined and Christianity was re-established. The York settlement was called Eoforwic, which suggests it was a place of some significance. The ‘wics’ were seemingly the most important commercial centres in each of the kingdoms – others were Lundenwic (London) and Gipeswic (Ipswich). York scholar Alcuin, meanwhile, described his home town as an emporium, a seat of commerce by land and sea, and another writer mentions a colony of international merchants living in or near the city. The main gateways through the Roman fortress defences meant that the streets linking them were preserved, however new streets started criss-crossing the city as Roman buildings fell away. Perhaps this site was Eorforwic. Wermund Of Angel, king of Angel b. 275 of Angeln, Denmark d. 350: Our Family Histories.
My Genealogy Home Page:Information about Ealhmund of Kent. The Origins of Wessex: uncovering the kingdom of the Gewisse - School of Archaeology - University of Oxford. The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex is popularly assumed to have originated around its later capital, Winchester. In fact, its origins lie in the Upper Thames Valley (stretching roughly from Lechlade to Reading), with the emergence of a people referred to in early sources as the Gewisse, who, by the end of the 7th century, had come to be known as the West Saxons. Yet the process by which Anglo-Saxon polities formed following the collapse of Roman authority in Britain in the early 5th century remains obscure. While written sources for this period are practically non-existent, archaeological evidence for the 5th and 6th centuries is constantly increasing and has enormous potential to illuminate the process by which supra-local communities formed, providing the basis of numerous small kingdoms by the 7th century.
This project focuses on one such kingdom, that of the West Saxons. Click on an image to see a larger version. Kingdom of Alba - Making the Nation. King Ludeca Mercia (b. - 827.