• Aelle, Ælle, Aella, or Ælla may refer to: Ælle of Sussex (also Aelle or Ella), king of Sussex (r. 477–514) Ælla of Deira (or Ælle; died 588), king of...
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  • Ælle (also Aelle or Ella) is recorded in much later medieval sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England...
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    Ælla (or Ælle or Aelle, fl. 866; died 21 March 867) was King of Northumbria, a kingdom in medieval England, during the middle of the 9th century. Sources...
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  • Ælla or Ælle is the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Deira, which he ruled from around 560 until his death in 588. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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    kingdom of Sussex is that in 477 Ælle and his three sons arrived in three ships, conquering what is now Sussex. Ælle became overlord, or Bretwalda, over...
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    by the state of England at that time. For the earlier bretwaldas, such as Ælle and Ceawlin, there must be some element of anachronism in Bede's description...
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  • Kaye as King Aelle of Northumbria Jonathon Kemp as Lord Wigea, an advisor of King Aelle Peter Gaynor as Lord Edgar, an advisor of King Aelle Elinor Crawley...
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    reported that on Ælle's death a certain "Æthelric" assumed power. The exact identity of Æthelric is unclear. He may have been a brother of Ælle, an elder brother...
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  • warriors Jennie Jacques as Princess Judith of Northumbria, daughter of King Ælle, wedded to Aethelwulf John Kavanagh as the Seer, a seiðmann Steve Wall as...
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  • year 477 Ælle arrived at a place called Cymenshore with his three sons Cymen, Wlenking, and Cissa. The chronicle describes how on landing Ælle slew the...
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    amongst themselves, deposing Osberht in favour of Ælle. In the second raid, the Vikings killed Kings Ælle and Osberht whilst recapturing the city. After...
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    the region became part of the Kingdom of Sussex, founded in 477 AD by king Ælle. Anthony Seldon identified five phases of development in pre-20th century...
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  • 477 Ælle lands at Selsey, and founds the Kingdom of Sussex. 485 Ælle fights against the Britons near the margin of Mearcræd's stream. 491 Ælle and his...
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  • in Wiltshire as the site of the battle. Some authors have speculated that Ælle of Sussex may have led the Saxon forces at this battle. Others reject the...
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  • Regnal titles Preceded by Ælle (with Osberht ?) King of Northumbria (north of the Tyne) Puppet of the Great Heathen Army 867–872 Succeeded by Ricsige...
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  • titles beginning with Elle Ælle of Sussex (fl. c. 477–c. 514?), first king of the South Saxons Ell ELL (disambiguation) Aelle (disambiguation) Elles This...
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  • as Queen Ealhswith of Northumbria, King Aelle's wife Caitlin Scott as Princess Blaeja, daughter of King Aelle Jack Nolan as Earl Jorgensen, a Swedish...
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  • Jonathon Kemp as Lord Wigea, an advisor of King Aelle Peter Gaynor as Lord Edgar, an advisor of King Aelle Trevor Cooper as Earl Bjarni, Thyri's husband...
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    Sussex, founded by Ælle, during the reign of Egbert of Wessex r. 802–839.) No known archaeological evidence supports the existence of Ælle and his three sons...
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    departure. Aelle agrees but demands that one Viking be baptised a Christian, and to Floki's scorn, Rollo agrees. Instead of paying the ransom, Aelle has his...
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  • Jarl Sigvard Ivan Kaye as King Aelle of Northumbria Sarah Greene as Princess Judith of Northumbria, daughter of King Aelle, wife to Aethelwulf Amy Bailey...
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    killed by Rædwald of East Anglia (who had given refuge to Edwin, son of Ælle, king of Deira) around the year 616. Edwin then became king. The early part...
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    cannot be the case if Dumville is correct, and others assign this battle to Ælle or another Saxon leader, so it appears likely that the origins of the kingdom...
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    the same seven names that Bede lists as holding imperium, starting with Ælle of Sussex and ending with Oswiu of Northumbria. The list is often thought...
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  • Unclasped, Bal Maiden (2024), and Misnomer (2022). Aela (disambiguation) Aelle, an English masculine Given name Aello, one of the harpies Aella Jordan-Edge...
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    pit and died there, after his army had been defeated in battle by King Aelle II of Northumbria. An older legend recorded in Atlakviða and Oddrúnargrátr...
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    states that in the year AD 477 Ælle landed with his three sons. Having fought on the banks of the Mearcredesburna, it seems Ælle secured the area between the...
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  • Terranova, a sorcerer from the Brotherhood. Philip Philmar as Gerhart of Aelle, the oldest living sorcerer and member of the Chapter. Poppy Almond as Bianca...
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    Viking invasion of York took place on November 1, 866. Cannon, John (2015). "Ælle". A Dictionary of British History. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199550371...
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    recorded by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year AD 477; it says that Ælle arrived at a place called Cymenshore in three ships with his three sons and...
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