History articles tagged with 'Albany'

This devout king was the son of Aethelred the Unready and Emma, daughter of Richard III of Normandy

11 May, 878

Battle of Eddington

King Alfred of Wessex, later to become known as Alfred the Great, defeated a Danish force led by Guthrum, at Eddington, in Wiltshire. Alfred was aided by men from Somerset, Hampshire, and Wiltshire. According to peace terms drawn up at Wedmore, Guthrum agreed to be baptised and withdraw his forces to the East, forming The Danelaw, where Danish rule held sway, while Alfred controlled the west of England.

This monarch was second in line to the throne until the untimely death of his brother, the Duke of Clarence