Alfred the Great's Brothers and Sister | The History of Wessex & The Vikings

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In this one I take a look at the brothers and sister of Alfred the Great, all kings of Wessex and/or Kent from Æthelstan, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, Æthelswith and Æthelred.
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"Teller of Tales” - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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[@Rokiriko]

You lost me at the third Ethel. Won me back at the 5th one.

[@maximillianhovar5877]

Me: I’m going to go to bed at reasonable time. Two hours later: oooh what’s this video

[@denizmetint.462]

Every. fricking. night.

[@RestingJudge]

You should cover King Oswald of Northumbria & Oswin. I mean it ties into Northumbria being a combination of two kingdoms & Oswalds exile leading him to adopt insular Christianity.

[@austinhornbeck5060]

No wonder he became Alfred the Great. He used skillshare...

[@RatelHBadger]

Or The Great Courses Plus

[@christopherellis2663]

Skillshare, learn sword wrestling and reaving, succeed in pillage and the merchandising of plunder.

[@mariodavidsaitto9261]

best product placement ever

[@bcreech17]

He streamed with Magellan

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

The Bert has blessed us with wisdom once more. We are not worthy but we are grateful.

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

Without Skillshare™ I would’ve been just "Alfred The OK"

[@Ponakalaranjit456]

Lord King is That You

[@MichaelAndersxq28guy]

It's after midnight and I'm getting ready for bed after walking my dog. Aaand, there's a new History With Hilbert video! 👀😊

[@-souls-5989]

Alfred the Great: exists Hilbert: there is another

[@SarahGreen523]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate your mini lectures on this era! You've really helped me get it all straight. And I love the minutia!

[@ecurewitz]

Ooh, I like your closing music

[@bonnie_gail]

Fascinating

[@belialord]

Audio is way too low even at max volume, just compare it with other channels and you'll notice it.

[@danielcox3152]

Great video, have you watched many Time Team videos?

[@katnerd6712]

Hey look, an academic got distracted by little known minutia while researching a larger subject. Color me surprised! Nerd :P

[@jokegajr2748]

Hello hilbert great vid

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@micahistory]

Interesting video. People don't often talk about Alfred's siblings

[@rebeccayoutube6700]

I’m interested in the presentation you’ll be giving in Edinburgh. How could I attend? Details please

[@MrHydenSeek]

Good series Very few videos cover the other people during that time. Most all videos stick with Alfred one brother and his dad very little mention about anyone else.

[@adamroodog1718]

Why are they all æthelwhatever except alfred? Or maybe i shouldve asked why wasnt it æthelfred the great?

[@georginathompson4152]

cool story bro

[@pnjijy]

can you do a video about Olav the king of all of England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden please ? It seems like an interesting subject on wich I would like to learn more

[@micahistory]

People often forget that Alfred wasn't even meant to be king, he only ruled because all his other brothers died

[@jdpalm1981]

8:20 - Son of an AEthelB!

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

Under normal circumstances, Alfred as a fifth son would never have become king. But in the nineth century, an Anglo-Saxon king had just a short living expectancy before he was killed in a battle by the Danes. So his elder brothers died soon after coronation.

[@allmendoubt4784]

What a wonderful site sir. What light could you shed upon the smaller 'king' or very early 'thug' doms of the East and South Saxons? Just how did it pan out for the natives?

[@stefvis4881]

Hi hilbert, hallo hilbert, or ayone else, does anyone know where i could buy a old fries or old englisch dictionary or book with information about the language and word lists excreta. I want to learn some ols friese words or old englisch.

[@micahistory]

Kind of crazy how so many of his siblings died young

[@johnkilmartin5101]

What is the difference between the terms Witmoote and Witan?

[@baxtermortimer1550]

I haven’t clicked a notification so fast

[@robertpederesn7829]

It was 1 king named Bagsecg that were killed in Ashdown not 5 kings, however there where 5 jarls: Siggtrygg (Sidrac) the elder, Siggtrygg the younger, Harald (Harold), Hrane (Frene), Åsbjørn (Osbern).

[@maus92]

Cheeky cameo of Hilbert with the coin....

[@popdartan7986]

Never realised Æthel was the same as the swedish ädel.

[@cherylmarcuri5506]

Shouldn't Alfred have been named something like Aethelfrehd?

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Do you know how to balance your audio? Honest question. No offense intended.

[@iammaxhailme]

Could it be my aunt Ethyl is king of mercia?

[@christopherellis2663]

Was not East Sussex part of Kent? My father's people arrived there in 1124 from Normandie. They left in 1854. 💚 Æþel, bert , stán, wulf, swiþ

[@marijntaal1531]

Do you know any books on the Anglo-Saxon world you would recommend?

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

Marijn Taal there’s a lecture by professor Michael Drout called “the Anglo Saxon world” it’s on Audible. I’ve never encountered a more detailed and/or passionate insight on the subject

[@marijntaal1531]

@@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838 Thanks, i will check it out!

[@edgelord8337]

Vikings be like: where is your beard?, where is your axe?, and where is your pride?!!

[@morriganmhor5078]

Hilbert, why do you use the original Anglo-Saxon names for his whole family, but not once do you mention the ancient form of his name Aelfraed, only the modern form?

[@micahistory]

Please visit micahistory 2, it would mean a lot!

[@Frahamen]

I Aethelstan

[@Yup71719]

Great video...but elsewith was his wife...athelflead his daughter who became lady of the Americans👍

[@diegoragot655]

Hello there, did the Angles that stayed in Germany join the Saxon Confederation with Widukind???

[@SxVaNm345]

The Angles that stayed in Jutland became Danes, the Angles that stayed in Germany become Saxons, and the Angles that stayed in the Netherlands became Frisians.

[@c.norbertneumann4986]

Almost the entire tribe of the Angles emigrated to England in the fifth century. What the Angles who had stayed in Angeln in Germany did is unknown.

[@diegoragot655]

@@SxVaNm345 Wow man, that is a good answer, but how do you know that?

[@SxVaNm345]

@@diegoragot655 Researching and studying it on the internet for the most part, I've also read some books about European history.

[@SxVaNm345]

@Jim lastname He's got an angle, they've got an angle, we've all got some angles, unfortunately most angles are crooked not straight.

[@kman6711]

Els

[@joshuag4624]

My friend you map at 17:18 is all wrong. Reading is in Wessex, south of the river at the mouth of the Kennet. And Englefield is an estate west of Reading in the north Wessex downs

[@Beofware]

Alfred best king ever. Come at me.

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

Tyler Stephenson I agree. And I’m impartial

[@Jodonho]

King Alfred the Meh.

[@spektra1988]

Can you please increase volume of your voice, I literally had to turn my volume up maximum for your video.

[@sharnistevens1428]

You need better speakers, buddy...

[@spektra1988]

This channel is the only one I have the issue with on my subs list. My speakers/volume are completely fine. I thought constructive criticism was an alright way to express feedback. But if it isn't welcome, That's fine. I'll unsub.

[@Weda01]

@@spektra1988 Just use some earphones/headphones that sounds a lot harder. S Stevens is probably right about the speakers btw, cause i can hear him clearly with only 1/3 of the volume.

[@spektra1988]

@@Weda01 Everyone's speakers are different, my guess is you have some massive speakers. I'm sure you will reply, you don't. but that's an easy fireback that you can't prove. He just needs to balance the audio on his video.

[@Weda01]

@@spektra1988 I dont really have massive speakers. I was watching this video via my phone (Samsung Galaxy S8) and the speakers used for this phone are not known for being that good to my knowledge. So if you cant hear it well using normal computer speakers that is a clear indicator you should probably get new ones :) (or just use ear/headphones)

[@brianschuyler7640]

Dudes a goof.

[@popdartan7986]

Little anglotown

[@williamlinley1402]

England was probably more United back then in all fairness 😂 At least we had a common foe to hate.

[@dominicmcauley9318]

Music ruined it

[@fredyyfredfreddy]

hhhh

[@EnglishShieldwall]

Why don’t you just consistently pronounce the names in one way? You switch all the time and it just makes everything confusing.

[@Ck-zk3we]

your quality is not worth the money.