Alfred The Great Wife Last Kingdom

The last kingdom is a british historical fiction television series based on bernard cornwell s the saxon stories series of novels.

Alfred the great wife last kingdom. The last kingdom 2015 tv ma 4 seasons tv dramas as alfred the great defends his kingdom from norse invaders uhtred born a saxon but raised by vikings seeks to claim his ancestral birthright. At the end of the. Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. For all his military success the king.

Alfred the great 848 9 26 october 899 was king of wessex from 871 to c. In the last kingdom at the start of the book it is 867 alfred would be around 19 years old. The first series of eight episodes premiered on 10 october 2015 on bbc america and on bbc two in the uk on 22 october 2015. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex.

Historically he is known as alfred the great. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration. Ealhswith or ealswitha died 5 december 902 was the wife of king alfred the great her father was a mercian nobleman æthelred mucel ealdorman of the gaini which is thought to be an old mercian tribal group her mother was eadburh a member of the mercian royal family and according to the historian richard abels she was a descendant of king cenwulf of mercia. 886 and king of the anglo saxons from c.

He was the youngest son of king æthelwulf of wessex his father died when he was young and three of alfred s brothers æthelbald æthelberht and æthelred reigned in turn before him. If the book series followed factual date of alfred s birth then these are his ages throughout the books. A second series of eight episodes was aired on bbc two in the uk in march 2017. In history alfred was born in 848 9 and died in 899 at the age of 50 or 51.

After ascending the throne alfred spent several years fighting viking invasions. The last kingdom is the first historical novel in the saxon stories by bernard cornwell published in 2004 this story introduces uhtred ragnarson born a saxon then kidnapped by raiding danes who raise him from age 11 circular reference teaching him how to be a warrior. But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the english. Eliza butterworth is an english actress best known for playing aelswith the wife of king alfred the great and mother of king edward in the last kingdom as holly in dci banks and as lucy hamilton in wpc 56 tv series both in 2015.

Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex. But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the. We know very little about ealhswith s life. Early life and education.