June 2022 - Medieval Traveler

Æthelred I: Fighter of the Storm from the North

Æthelred, also spelled Aethelred, Ethelred, birth c.845AD/crowned King of Wessex, 865 at age c.20/death 871 at age c.26/spouse, Wulfthryth, date of marriage unknownHouse: Wessex/Father, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex/Mother, OsburhChildren: Two sons, Æthelhelm, ÆthelwoldReign: 865 to...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Brunhild and Fredegund: Sister Queens of the North

Brunhilda, birth 543/queen consort of Austrasia, part of Frankia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson, and great-grandson/death 613 at age 70House: Visigoth/Father, Athanagild /Mother, GoiswinthaChildren:...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Alfred the Great Saves England

Alfred the Great, birth 849 AD/crowned, 871 at age 22 /death 899 at age 50/consort, EalhswithHouse: Wessex/Father, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex/Mother, OsburhChildren: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians; Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons; Æthelgifu,...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

Edward the Elder Continues the Fight Against the Vikings

Edward the Elder, birth 874 AD/crowned, 899 at age 25/death 924 at age 50/spouse, Ecgwynn (893 to 899) upon her death, married Ælfflæd; in 919 married EadgifuHouse: Wessex/Father, Alfred, King of Wessex/Mother, EalhswithChildren: with Ecgwynne...

Early Middle Ages [400 to 1066 AD]

The Galloway Hoard

Anyone who has enjoyed the award-winning program Vikings (2013-2020) has undoubtedly wondered what happened to the objects buried for safekeeping throughout Scandinavia and across Great Britain and Ireland during ‘The Viking Age’ (793-1066). Theories concerning...