It may also be based on Alfred's later having accompanied his father on a pilgrimage to Rome where he spent some time at the court of Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, around 854 – 855.

When King Æthelwulf died in 858, Wessex was ruled by three of Alfred's brothers in succession, Æthelbald, Æthelbert and Æthelred.

King Alfred's ( Alfred the Great ) translation of Orosius ' history of the world uses Angelcynn (- kin ) to describe England and the English people ; Bede used Angelfolc (- folk ); there are also such forms as Engel, Englan ( the people ), Englaland, and Englisc, all showing i-mutation.

It was first mentioned as " Ilfing " in The Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan which was written in Anglo-Saxon in King Alfred's reign using information from a Viking who had visited the area.

Æthelflæd is mentioned by King Alfred's biographer Asser, who calls her the first-born child of Alfred and Ealhswith and a sister to Edward, Æthelgifu, Ælfthryth and Æthelweard.

The term Anglo-Saxon thus reflects King Alfred's diplomatic integration of the Mercians Angles and the Saxons.

In 1660 when a replacement crown called St Edward's Crown was cast for the coronation of Charles II the gold from the aforementioned King Alfred's Crown ( the original crown of Edward the Confessor ) was used, so presumably even after the various jewels had been melted down strenuous efforts were made to recover their components.

In addition to the Life of King Alfred, Asser is credited by Alfred as one of several scholars who assisted with Alfred's translation of Gregory's Regula Pastoralis ( Pastoral Care ).

Asser, mentor of King Alfred the Great, and writer of his biography, was a monk at St David's before being called into Alfred's service.

" Æthelweard's Account of the Last Years of King Alfred's Reign.

The Leland Trail begins at King Alfred's Tower on the Wiltshire / Somerset border and finishes at Ham Hill Country Park.

In 1773 Barrington published an edition of Orosius, with King Alfred's Saxon version, and an English translation with original notes.

* King Alfred's Tower, Stourhead, Wiltshire, England

In the same year he was awarded an Honorary D. Litt by the University of Winchester, formerly King Alfred's College.

The archaeology students of King Alfred's also participated in a 10-year project led by Aston to investigate the manor of Shapwick in Somerset.

On the other hand, William of Malmesbury, relying on a poem, related that Edward's eldest son ( by his first wife Ecgwynn ), Athelstan, succeeded directly under the terms of King Alfred's will ( since lost ).

He was educated at the state comprehensive Wandsworth School for Boys and King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester ( since 2004 the University of Winchester ), studying English and History from 1982 – 1985, and at King's College London.

There is one state secondary school in Wantage, King Alfred's College, and some ten primary schools.

King Alfred's Grammar School was designed by the architect J.

King Alfred's Monument When translated from the Anglo-Saxon, the name of the isle, Æthelinga íeg, is often thought to mean the Island of Princes ; if correct this might suggest that the island had royal connections prior to Alfred.

King Alfred's Tower ( 1772 ) on one supposed site of Egbert's Stone, the mustering place before the battle.

Kings lodge school, a primary school in Chippenham was named after King Alfred's Hunting lodge.

According to Bishop Asser's Life of King Alfred Chippenham was, under Alfred's reign, a royal vill ; historians have also argued, from its proximity to the royal forests at Melksham and Barden, that it was probably a hunting lodge.

Sherborne was made the capital of Wessex, one of the seven Saxon kingdoms of England, and King Alfred's elder brothers King Ethelbert and King Ethelbald are buried in the abbey.

Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages, the series is written as a secret history which contends that King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field, only to be mistaken for someone else and murdered, and is succeeded by Richard IV ( Brian Blessed ), one of the Princes in the Tower.

Lincoln relayed this conversation to Sir John Peyton, Lieutenant of the Tower, who, knowing how physically and financially infirm Oxford was, refused to take Lincoln's report as a serious threat to King James ' accession.

* 1470 – King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower ( d. 1483 )

* 1346 – Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of Scotland is captured by Edward III of England near Durham, and imprisoned in the Tower of London for eleven years.

When his brother Edward IV died in April 1483, Richard was named Lord Protector of the realm for Edward's son and successor, the 12-year-old King Edward V. As the new king travelled to London from Ludlow, Richard met and escorted him to London where he was lodged in the Tower of London.

which I never did, nor never would reveal ; when the Act was once made, either to the King himself, or any of his Privy Councillors, as is well known to your Honours, who have been sent upon no other account at several times by his Majesty to me in the Tower.

In his introduction to the 2003 revised edition of his novel The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger, Stephen King revealed that the film was a primary influence for the Dark Tower series, and that Eastwood's character specifically inspired the creation of King's protagonist, Roland Deschain.

; King ’ s Hostel ( 1377 – 1416, various architects ): Located to the north of Great Court, behind the Clock Tower, this is ( along with the King ’ s Gate ), the sole remaining building from King ’ s Hall.

* Former King Henry VI of England is captured by Yorkist forces and imprisoned in the Tower of London.

* April – King Edward V of England and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York reside in the Tower of London.

King Charles John was the 909th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain and the 28th Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword.

* November 4 – King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower ( d. c. 1483 )

King Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower of London by Paul Delaroche.

Leopard domestication has also been recorded — several leopards were kept in a menagerie established by King John at the Tower of London in the 13th century ; around 1235, three of these animals were given to Henry III by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.

More substantial is the later " Novarian series ", of which the core is the Reluctant King trilogy, beginning with The Goblin Tower, de Camp's most accomplished effort in the genre.

By claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the younger son of King Edward IV, one of the Princes in the Tower, Warbeck was a significant threat to the newly established Tudor Dynasty, and gained support outside England.

In the Bye Plot of 1603, two Catholic priests planned to kidnap King James and hold him in the Tower of London until he agreed to be more tolerant towards Catholics.

The Lancastrian King, Henry VI, who was a prisoner in the Tower of London, died or was murdered shortly after the battle.

Had Fauconberg succeeded in capturing the city, he might also have captured Edward's Queen Elizabeth and their children and released King Henry from the Tower.

King Henry VI died in the Tower of London that night, at the hands of or by the order of Richard of Gloucester according to several contemporary accounts.

Simon noticed a striking resemblance between Lambert and the supposedly murdered sons of Edward IV, so he initially intended to present Simnel as Richard, Duke of York, son of King Edward IV, the younger of the vanished Princes in the Tower.