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Alfred vikings3/20/2023 ![]() The Vikings retake and garrison the city, as the Saxons retreat.Ī few months later, the remnants of the Saxon Army head back to Winchester to take their quarters. Heahmund is surrounded, but spared by Ivar, and captured. Saxon celebrations are cut short when Vikings appear from the sewers and engage in battle. Æthelwulf and Heahmund see the smoke from the fires and enter the apparently deserted city. They massacre their hunting parties and blocked the city. Heahmund persuades Æthelwulf to lay siege, and attack only when the Vikings are starving. The Saxons are joined by Judith's cousin Mannel and his men from Northumbria. Æthelwulf seemingly accepts their offer, but Heahmund arranges to have the brothers humiliated. Ubbe and Hvitserk propose a peace, but Ivar wants to continue the war. Aethelred is wounded and the Saxons are forced to retreat. The Saxons, led by King Æthelwulf and Bishop Heahmund, attack York, but are led into a trap. Prince Alfred has a vision in which Athelstan tells him the Vikings are in York, so King Æthelwulf goes there with his remaining troops and joins forces with Bishop Heahmund. Æthelwulf and Judith are in exile with princes Aethelred and Alfred, when the latter is struck by sickness. The Bishop Edmund refuses to abandon Ecbert. Ecbert refuses to leave, and cedes the crown of Wessex to his son. Æthelwulf orders a retreat, and flees to Winchester to ready its evacuation. The Saxons charge into the Norse shieldwall, and suffer heavy losses. In panic and frustration, Æthelwulf orders a charge. Æthelwulf decides to move his forces toward the Vikings' ships, but the Vikings ambush them in a tight valley. Æthelwulf gathers a large army in Wessex and moves to intercept the advancing Vikings in Repton. ![]() Ragnar states he and Kwenthrith never had sex and Æthelwulf exiles Magnus. Ecbert arrives and promises no harm will come to Ivar, then introduces Ragnar to Magnus. Years later, Æthelwulf finds Ragnar's black raven banner on the beach, and alerts King Ecbert, who reassures him that Ragnar is simply one man. Æthelwulf and Alfred arrive in Rome, and Pope Leo IV makes Alfred a consul. Æthelwulf wants to help Queen Kwenthrith to restore her power in Mercia.Įcbert sends Æthelwulf and Alfred on a pilgrimage to Rome. Æthelwulf and Judith argue, and Judith tells him they are married in name only. Æthelwulf returns with the rescued Queen Kwenthrith and her son Magnus. Æthelwulf engages in battle and rescues Kwenthrith. So if you value your life and that of your son, then I suggest you sign the documents we have brought with us, reaffirming the fact that Mercia is a vassal state of Wessex, and must in future pay not only homage, but also TAXES TO WESSEX, FOR THE PRIVILEGE!” Kwenthrith sinks back on her throne, defeated. He may have even been prepared to sacrifice me to attain his ends. It would give my father the very pretext he needs, a pretext to invade Mercia and become its King. He tells her, “Queen Kwenthrith, you would be unwise to kill us. Æthelwulf proceeds to verbally destroy her. Kwenthrith then reveals her plan to use her son by Ragnar to threaten Ecbert. When he arrives there, he he bypasses her defenses by sheer force of character and is the first male to withstand her sexual seduction. Upon hearing Mercia has rebelled itself against Wessex, he goes there on a diplomatic mission against Queen Kwenthrith, who has a knack for butchering diplomats for no reason. Æthelwulf continues to prove his warrior credentials, despite being heir to the throne. Æthelwulf leads his soldiers to the settlement, and kills all the settlers. Then he is sent to the Danish settlement to resolve problems there. Later, Æthelwulf learns that Judith is pregnant with Athelstan's child. Æthelwulf attempts to befriend Rollo and Floki, but it doesn't go particularly well. He captures a soldier who tells him they expect reinforcements. Prince Æthelwulf searches for the young brother of Princess Kwenthrith, Prince Burgred, with his army. The entire group is slaughtered except for Æthelwulf who is allowed to escape. Despite Ragnar's promise of safety, Æthelwulf's group is ambushed by Northmen led by Erlendur. As a sign of goodwill, Æthelwulf returns Athelstan's bracelet to confirm that the monk is still alive. Æthelwulf and a group of soldiers arrive, and he invites Ragnar to speak with his father.
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