Kings and Queens of England Britain. There have been 6. England and Britain spread over a period of 1. English Kings. SAXON KINGSEGBERT 8. Egbert Ecgherht was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo Saxon England. Thomas Beckington also spelt Beckynton c. January 1465 was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and Kings Secretary in medieval England. After returning from exile at the court of Charlemagne in 8. Wessex. Following his conquest of Mercia in 8. England south of the Humber. After further victories in Northumberland and North Wales, he is recognised by the title Bretwalda Anglo Saxon, ruler of the British. Prefermentacion Del Chocolate' title='Prefermentacion Del Chocolate' />A year before he died aged almost 7. Danes and Cornish at Hingston Down in Cornwall. He is buried at Winchester in Hampshire. AETHELWULF 8. 39 8. King of Wessex, son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. In 8. 51 Aethelwulf defeated a Danish army at the battle of Oakley while his eldest son Althelstan fought and beat the Danes at sea off the coast of Kent, in what is believed to be the first naval battle. A highly religious man, Athelwulf travelled to Rome with his son Alfred to see the Pope in 8. AETHELBALD 8. 56 8. The eldest son of Aethelwulf, thelbald was born around 8. He was crowned at Kingston upon Thames in southwest London, after forcing his father to abdicate upon his return from pilgrimage to Rome. Following his fathers death in 8. Judith, but under pressure from the church the marriage was annulled after only a year. He is buried at Sherbourne Abbey in Dorset. AETHELBERT 8. 60 8. Became king following the death of his brother thelbald. Like his brother and his father, Aethelbert pictured to the right was crowned at Kingston upon Thames. Shortly after his succession a Danish army landed and sacked Winchester before being defeated by the Saxons. In 8. 65 the Viking Great Heathen Army landed in East Anglia and swept across England. He is buried at Sherborne Abbey. Define preferment advancement or promotion in dignity, office, or station a position or office of honor or profit preferment in a sentence. Nouns starting with the letter P are listed here. Many types of nouns are shown which can be helpful for writing engaging text. PrefermentdefinitionAETHELRED I 8. Aethelred succeeded his brother Aethelbert. His reign was one long struggle with the Danes who had occupied York in 8. Viking kingdom of Yorvik. When the Danish Army moved south Wessex itself was threatened, and so together with his brother Alfred, they fought several battles with the Vikings at Reading, Ashdown and Basing. Aethelred suffered serious injuries during the next major battle at Meretun in Hampshire he died of his wounds shortly after at Witchampton in Dorset, where he was buried. ALFRED THE GREAT 8. AETHELWULFBorn at Wantage in Berkshire around 8. Alfred was well educated and is said to have visited Rome on two occasions. He had proven himself to be a strong leader in many battles, and as a wise ruler managed to secure five uneasy years of peace with the Danes, before they attacked Wessex again in 8. Alfred was forced to retreat to a small island in the Somerset Levels and it was from here that he masterminded his comeback, perhaps burning the cakes as a consequence. With major victories at Edington, Rochester and London, Alfred established Saxon Christian rule over first Wessex, and then on to most of England. To secure his hard won boundaries Alfred founded a permanent army and an embryonic Royal Navy. To secure his place in history, he began the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. EDWARD The Elder 8. Succeeded his father Alfred the Great. Edward retook southeast England and the Midlands from the Danes. Following the the death of his sister Aethelflaed of Mercia, Edward unites the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia. In 9. 23, the Anglo Saxon Chronicles record that the Scottish King Constantine II recognises Edward as father and lord. The following year, Edward is killed in a battle against the Welsh near Chester. His body is returned to Winchester for burial. ATHELSTAN 9. 24 9. Son of Edward the Elder, Athelstan extended the boundaries of his kingdom at the Battle of Brunanburh in 9. In what is said to be one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil, Athelstan defeated a combined army of Scots, Celts, Danes and Vikings, claiming the title of King of all Britain. The battle saw for the first time individual Anglo Saxon kingdoms being brought together to create a single and unified England. Athelstan is buried in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. EDMUND 9. 39 9. Succeeded his half bother Athelastan as king at the tender age of 1. Batlle of Brunanburh two years earlier. He re established Anglo Saxon control over northern England, which had fallen back under Scandinavian rule following the death of Athelstan. Aged just 2. 5, and whilst celebrating the feast of Augustine, Edmund was stabbed by a robber in his royal hall at Pucklechurch near Bath. His two sons, Eadwig and Edgar, were perhaps considered too young to become kings. EADRED 9. 46 9. The son of Edward the Elder by his third marriage to Eadgifu, Eadred succeeded his brother Edmund following his premature death. He followed in the family tradition of defeating Norsemen, expelling the last Scandinavian King of York, Eric Bloodaxe, in 9. A deeply religious man, Eadred suffered a serious stomach ailment that would eventually prove fatal. Eadred died in his early 3. Frome in Somerset. He is buried in Winchester. EADWIG 9. 55 9. The eldest son of Edmund I, Eadwig was about 1. Kingston upon Thames in southeast London. Legend has it that his coronation had to be delayed to allow Bishop Dunstan to prise Eadwig from his bed, and from between the arms of his strumpet and the strumpets mother. Perhaps unimpressed by the interruption, Eadwig had Dunstan exiled to France. Eadwig died in Gloucester when he was just 2. EDGAR 9. 59 9. 75. The youngest son of Edmund I, Edgar had been in dispute with his brother concerning succession to the throne for some years. Following Eadwigs mysterious death, Edgar immediately recalled Dunstan from exile, making him Archbishop of Canterbury as well as his personal adviser. Following his carefully planned by Dunstan coronation in Bath in 9. Edgar marched his army to Chester, to be met by six kings of Britain. Filtering Vodka With Brita. The kings, including the King of Scots, King of Strathclyde and various princes of Wales, are said to have signalled their allegiance to Edgar by rowing him in his state barge across the River Dee. EDWARD THE MARTYR 9. Eldest son of Edgar, Edward was crowned king when aged just 1. Although supported by Archbishop Dunstan, his claim to the throne was contested by supporters of his much younger half brother Aethelred. The resulting dispute between rival factions within the church and nobility almost led to civil war in England. Edwards short reign ended when he was murdered at Corfe Castle by followers of Aethelred, after just two and half years as king. The title martyr was a consequence of him being seen as a victim of his stepmothers ambitions for her own son Aethelred. AETHELRED II THE UNREADY 9. Aethelred was unable to organise resistance against the Danes, earning him the nickname unready, or badly advised. He became king aged about 1. Normandy in 1. 01. Sweyn Forkbeard, King of the Danes invaded England. Sweyn was pronounced King of England on Christmas Day 1. Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. He died just 5 weeks later. Aethelred returned in 1. Sweyns death. The remainder of Aethelreds reign was one of a constant state of war with Sweyns son Canute. EDMUND II IRONSIDE 1. The son of Aethelred II, Edmund had led the resistance to Canutes invasion of England since 1. Following the death of his father, he was chosen king by the good folk of London. The Witan the kings council however elected Canute. Following his defeat at the Battle of Assandun, Aethelred made a pact with Canute to divide the kingdom between them. Edmund died later that year, probably assassinated. CANUTE CNUT THE GREAT THE DANE 1. Canute became king of all England following the death of Edmund II. The son of Sweyn Forkbeard, he ruled well and gained favour with his English subjects by sending most of his army back to Denmark. In 1. 01. 7, Canute married Emma of Normandy, the widow of Aethelred II and divided England into the four earldoms of East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and Wessex. Ambition Define Ambition at Dictionary. Middle French ambition or directly from Latin ambitionem nominative ambitio a going around, especially to solicit votes, hence a striving for favor, courting, flattery a desire for honor, thirst for popularity, noun of action from past participle stem of ambire to go around see ambient. Rarely used in the literal sense in English, where it carries the secondary Latin sense of eager or inordinate desire of honor or preferment. In early use always pejorative, of inordinate or overreaching desire ambition was grouped with pride and vainglory.