Alfred the Great: The King Who Defeated the Vikings and Helped Unite England 

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If you could consider a video of Willy Brandt, I'd be really happy. :)

Please do Booker T. Washington next

No Ronnie James Dio video yet?

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or how mediocre the english kings and queens have been

@@goodwillhumping7904 Mediocre? Which angry and jealous bit of the commonwealth are you from?

@@goodwillhumping7904 Aethalstan the Glorious, William I, Henry II, Edward I, Edward III, Henry V, Henry VII, Elizabeth I would disagree

@@goodwillhumping7904 you're not a monarchist are you?

Some would say not infamous, just insufficiently credited with the saving and uniting of England from the Vikings, in particular, the Danes, who were ultimately not so great.

Uhtred the Bold was born about 20-30 years after Alfreds death

@@papisn2679 don’t be a buzzkill …

@@papisn2679yeah… don’t educated or spit facts the kids hate that nowadays 😅

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His grandson was the Greatest Englishman that ever lived

@@tomben6180 Æthelstan?

@@smartypants4998 Yep.

@@tomben6180 Well, That is a matter of opinion and is highly competitive, for sure. Your talking about the most influential culture, on the modern world, the groundbreaking impact globally and in launching the human race forward, of historical Englishmen (and Brits), are far too numerous to mention.For me, it is George Orwell, but Yes, He and Alfred Would-be 2nd and 3rd( May be), Followed by Newton, Maxwell and Shakespeare, then a load of Globally Groundbreaking inventors, Pioneers oI Human rights legislation, and Constructors of the Free Market, democratic parliamentary system, Pioneers of the antislavery movement. That's not even mentioning the Explorers, colonialists, and Greats in literary, music, or other Individual genres Although, Really, if we talking about objective and dramatic impact of an Englishman, or Brit, Or any other individual, on global history, It's Obviously Newton(Possible exception of Jesus and Mohammed)

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Acknowledge the king and join the commonwealth. We will show u how to have proper elections

seriously though , i cant decide which history i find the most interesting, this or japanese.

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Thank you, you absolute legend.

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I've always been curious as to whether that was the name the English gave them or if the Vikings themselves adopted it to taunt the English/Christians.

Heard of it in vikings and tlk

@@jameshall1300 Apparently so called by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles.

@@jameshall1300 Well i mean its an apt description. Youd have to have a large number of forces (hence great) to subjugate an island full of quarelling petty kings who consider you hostile even before you set foot.

Æthelred 'the Unready' comes from the old English word 'Unræd' which means 'Poorly Advised'. It was a joke because his name, Æthelred, means 'Well Advised'. He was the son of Edgar the Peaceful and when his brother, Edward the Confessor, died, he ascended at 12. See, the Danes are settled in England, but raiding still happens. So, at the end of the 10th century, Æthelred ordered the St. Brice's Day massacre (a massacre of Scaninavian-Anglos in England) which led to another mass invasion from the Vikings in retaliation and resulted in Sweyne Forkbeard (King of Denmark) taking the throne of England, so Æthelred fled to Normandy until around about 1013(I think?). Sweyne died, Æthelred returned and died two years later. Then their sons, Cnut the Great and Edmund Ironsides fought until Cnut won and ruled England, Denmark and Norway, though he did allow Edmund Ironsides (named for his attempt to fight back against Cnut) to also retain his title as King of England. In short: Æthelred made some dumb decisions, and because his name meant 'Well-Advised', the called him Æthelred Unræd, or 'Æthelred the Poorly-Advised'.

I think the Frankish kings were named for their attributes: Charles the Bald; Louis the Fat, etc.

@@woodsplitter3274 Well... yes, but not exactly - Charles the Bald was an ironic nickname because he was famously *very* hairy. Edit: I mean, Charlemagne is French for 'Charles the Great', who was originally King of the Franks before he became Emperor. I think the point I'm trying to make is that the Franks were really like anyone else, y'know? Like, Áed Findlaith means 'Aed Fair-haired', but then you also have Niall Caille (so named after he drowned in the river Caille). Then you have the Norse Kings, Harald 'Hard-Ruler' and Harald 'Fair-Hair', Sweyn 'Fork-Beard' and Björn 'Iron-Sides'. Physical descriptors, jokes, names of praise - us humans can be pretty inventive. (I realise I just went on a tangent, but hope this was worth reading).

@@Rougeification Yup pretty much. I don't think I would want to be remembered as "The Fat". 😄

@@Rougeification as someone who loves, nay, adores names, this was extremely wonderful to read!

Yess......the last kingdom is more accurate

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Let's be real. Alfred was a straight badass in every way.

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@Tyler Stephenson haah I came to say that, should a great series

Based!

Ugh religion for low iq

@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Please stop using that dumb and overused word already

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Fr same 😂

Used to get fish and chips from the place sorta by the fire station, if it's still open?

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I've watched it 3x

Would love suggestions to answer this question!

I recently read a book called Viking Britain by Thomas Williams which is excellent.

@@anthonyhind1308 duuuuuuuuude, thank you!

What's with the 'great'? Are you being snide or sarcastic? Are you mocking Simon or the video?

@@literallyanangrymoose7717 On the contrary. I was merely playing with words. 😊

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My closest connection to my husband, besides marriage is his granddad is my 1st cousin five times removed. Alfred is my 30th great grandfather

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It was uhtred that was really in charge of that battle

@@kaidenhall2718lol yano uhtred, lived 200 years after king Alfred

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The last kingdom is miles better on Netflix and King Alfred is the MVP of that show. Truly one of the best written characters of all time u should watch

I wouldn’t

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It couldn’t of

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Dude. Hes LITERALLY called 'the GREAT' How fkn underrated can he be?

Eh??? He’s considered probably the greatest English king by many what you on ?

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@@sugarnadsyou don’t hear much about this period in English history, more people focus on the Vikings rather than the English

@@Chadius_Thundercock where u went to school perhaps

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@@Filome it WAS in Berkshire back in the day as the county boundaries were different.

Antiquity ended around a 100 years before Alfred was even born mate or that’s what most scholars will say

@@timsmith1323 So what's before that? Ancient?

@@icatz antiquity is from around 1500bc to 750ad not sure what was before that tbh

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There are modern speculations that he may have had osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease. However, an Old Norse tale claims he was impotent, as in, bonERless, so it was a play on words. Apparently “boner” has been a term for a long time.

The kings back then had some strange monikers, there is a Longshanks and Unready, as opposed to Ready.

@@deniseroe5891 Edward I was called “Longshanks” because he was tall and had long legs, “shanks.” “Unready” is actually a mistranslation. The real term was “unraed” meaning “poor counsel”, which was a pun on his name Aethelred, meaning “noble counsel”. Hence, this epithet was an oxymoron, basically “Wise Prince the foolish”

Rest In Peace to those that passed away.

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