Curated category
House of Wessex
- Edward the ConfessorEdward the Confessor was born between 1003 and 1005 in Islip, Oxfordshire. He spent a quarter of a century away from England during his childhood exile.
- Alfred the GreatIn the year 849, a boy named Alfred was born at Wantage, a royal estate nestled in Berkshire. His father, King Aethelwulf, and his mother, Osburh, were both…