The First Ancient Kings of England

This Video will cover the lives of King Alfred the Great, King Edward the Elder and Æthelstan. Over 3 generations, these legendary Kings would unify the divided land of England. England was made from 4 major Kingdoms, Mercia, Wessex, Northumbria and East Anglia. During Alfred's life the Great Heathen army led the sons of Ragnar Lodbrok had overran all of these kingdoms except Wessex which alone was resisting. War and fate would lead Alfred to sit the throne. He would bring the Vikings to heel and would restore his Kingdom to greatness.

His son Edward the Elder's life was one of military expansion, further conquering lands to the north that had been taken by the vikings during the invasion of the great army. Edward would eliminate many Viking Kings that had crowned themselves Kings in the lands they had taken. He would gain overlordship over East Anglia and Mercia.

His son Æthelstan would dream of being the master of Britain, and would become the first overlord of all of England and Scotland. However, his vassals would grow wary of his overlordship and would fight him in the Battle of Brunanburh. Æthelstan won the battle, but lost control of Scotland, with the end of his territory being the border dividing Scotland and Northumbria. In just 3 generations, the line of Alfred took all of England.

Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction - Alfred the Great
00:01:26 Chapter 1 - The Last Born Son
00:08:12 Chapter 2 - The Threat of the Great Heathen Army
00:12:07 Chapter 3 - Æthelred the Warrior King
00:16:14 Chapter 4 - Alfred Ascends to the Throne
00:18:11 Chapter 5 - The Fall of Wessex
00:22:58 Chapter 6 - The Fate of England
00:26:58 Chapter 7 - Alfred's Legacy
00:33:25 Introduction - Edward the Elder
00:33:56 Chapter 1 - Ancestry & Early Life
00:38:07 Chapter 2 - Æthelwold's Revolt
00:40:29 Chapter 3 - Ancient Kingdoms Fall
00:44:38 Introduction - Æthelstan
00:45:25 Chapter 1 - The Fight for the Throne
00:47:30 Chapter 2 - The Conquest of Northumbria
00:52:04 Chapter 3 - The Invasion of Scotland
00:54:58 Chapter 4 - The Battle of Brunanburh
01:00:40 Chapter 5 - The Kings of England

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Composer: Noonsol
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[unbearifiedbear]

My Dad was a history teacher, absolutely loved English history - would get genuinely teary eyed when discussing Saxon England

[ChristopherBowly]

Brilliant documentary & superbly researched. Totally interesting & informative & well narrated. Greatly enjoyed. Very many thanks.

[josephsmith]

Thank god for the scribes priest and poets who gave us such a wealth of knowledge on a part of history with very few pieces of written histor afer rome fell

[Funeeman]

Alfred and his grandson Athelstan were legends.

[saras]

Alfred wasn’t only great king he raised his children well

[isabelled]

Absolutely magnificent 😍 Wonderful work and craftsmanship and such interesting history!

[iamnoone]

This is the best documentary on this subject that I've heard yet.

[sallyh]

Another wonderfully informative video. So beautifully done, thank you.

[EwingAmaterasu]

Finally!!! The kings that came after Alfred!!!

[eetadakimasu]

This is great and top quality! Thank you for your hard work on it, I really enjoy learning about history!❤

[KimberlyPerrotis]

Really excellent. Thank you for not blasting super-loud and melodramatic music like most do!

[stephenmarcus]

The Last Kingdom was great historical fiction focused on Alfred, the Danes, Edward and Aethalstan. Is a great series

[lasa]

I’ve always been very interested in Anglo-Saxon England, especially through the kingdom/royalty of Wessex! This video is perfect and very well made!!

[Elke-jm]

Thank you for this epic video! The music you used is truly great as the history itself. Wonderful narration Ollie! My evening is much better now

[tjfraire]

Thank u so much 4 all ur hard work & research & gods bless every1.

[jared]

Spot on once again, Ollie. Thank you.

[Pylote]

This is epic, my favorite part of history, I’m even learning the language

[markopolo]

Such an amazing video documentaries like these are truly a blessing to have accessible to the masses the world over.

[DavidTheConkerer]

Mightily interesting old bean! Great job!

[kimberlypatton]

Added to my “Favorites History” playlist! 😊