Alfred and the reader get acquainted here but Ivar and the reader meet next chapter! Still gotta warn for some OOC behavior but in general, I’m trying to keep it close and respectful to their characters. This is basically a canon divergence of 6B where Ivar decided to seek peace from Alfred instead of raiding Wessex. Ubbe still had his Iceland arc and met up with Floki. Ivar is the king of Kattegat and now Norway. More religious talk.Ī/N: Ingrid isn’t a thing here because …lol no. Pairing: King Alfred x Reader, Ivar x Reader This dream would eventually be realised by his grandson, Aethelstan.Īlfred the Great died in 899 and was succeeded by his son King Edward the Elder.Gold Dust Woman (Ivar x Reader x King Alfred) Part 2 Nevertheless by 896, Alfred supported by his son, Edward had pushed the Vikings back and they had given up attacking Wessex.Īlthough Alfred was only King of Wessex, it was his dream that eventually one King would rule all of England. King Alfred reached an agreement with one of the leaders, Haesten, but the Viking did not honour the agreement and lay waste to Benfleet. Later YearsĪlfred the Great was a learned man and liked to be in the company of educated men and in 891 started the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to record the history of England. He also ordered that ships be built to attack Vikings before they could land. The peace lasted until the death of Guthrum in 890.ĭuring the 880s, Alfred the Great constructed a number of burghs (fortified towns) to make future Viking attacks more difficult. The Treaty of Wedmore established the Danelaw, a region including the Midlands and East Anglia that was controlled by the Vikings. The Viking leader Guthrum was forced to accept baptism and peace terms. In 878 Alfred defeated the Viking force at the Battle of Edington. Instead, he formulated a plan to regain his place as King and began rallying local militia. Whatever the truth of the story, Alfred did not give up or exile himself. He may even have been overthrown by a coup. He had been so absorbed in trying to pay off the Vikings that he had not fully realised the extent to which he had lost the support of the Witan. Equally likely is that the story is an allegory for Alfred’s situation. The story may have some truth and Alfred and his family may well have been taken in by a peasant family who had no idea who he was. She asked him to watch some cakes for her, but he was so taken up with his thoughts about how to defeat the Vikings that the cakes were burnt. Alfred was taken in and given shelter by a peasant woman who did not know he was the king. The ‘Alfred and the Burnt Cakes’ legend stems from this period. After the Viking force devastated Chippenham, Alfred lost the support of the Witan and fled to the Somerset marshes. In 877, the Archbishop of Canterbury complained that Alfred was using church money to pay off the Vikings. In 872 Alfred paid them off but they soon returned and demanded further payments. Wessex continued to be repeatedly attacked by the Vikings. Alfred had two children, Aethelhelm and Aethelwold but they were considered too young to take the throne and the crown passed to Alfred. In 871 King Aethelred was badly injured at the Battle of Meretum and died of his injuries on 15th April 871. This began a period of continual battles between the Danes and the Anglo-Saxons. In 866 the Great Heathen Army invaded Britain. He was followed by the next brother, Aethelred. Aethelbald had no children so his unmarried brother Aethelberht succeeded. Succession of Alfred’s BrothersĪlfred’s eldest brother, Aethelstan, had died in 852, so when King Aethelwulf died, Alfred’s brother, Aethelbald became King. He made a second trip to Rome two years later with his father. In 853 he was taken to Rome to be confirmed by the Pope and it is likely that he was being prepared for a life in the Church. Alfred was not expected to become King since he had four elder brothers. King Alfred the Great was born in 849, the 5th son of King Aethelwulf of Wessex and Osburh at Wantage, Berkshire.
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