Anglo-Saxon England - Key People

Question 1

Æthelflad

Answer 1

The ‘lady of the Mercians’ who helped expel the Vikings from England

Question 2

Athelstan

Answer 2

Grandson of Alfred the Great, who unified England as one country

Question 3

Alfred the Great

Answer 3

The Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex who defeated the Great Heathen Army Augustine A monk sent from Rome who converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury

Question 4

Bede

Answer 4

An English monk who wrote the first history of England

Question 5

Canute

Answer 5

Viking King of England, who famously could not hold back the tide

Question 6

Guthrum

Answer 6

Viking king who was defeated by Alfred and given the Danelaw to rule

Question 7

King Offa

Answer 7

King of Mercia who built a 149-mile long earthwork between England and Wales

Question 8

The ‘lady of the Mercians’ who helped expel the Vikings from England

Answer 8

Æthelflad

Question 9

Grandson of Alfred the Great, who unified England as one country

Answer 9

Athelstan

Question 10

The Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex who defeated the Great Heathen Army Augustine A monk sent from Rome who converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury

Answer 10

Alfred the Great

Question 11

An English monk who wrote the first history of England

Answer 11

Bede

Question 12

Viking King of England, who famously could not hold back the tide

Answer 12

Canute

Question 13

Viking king who was defeated by Alfred and given the Danelaw to rule

Answer 13

Guthrum

Question 14

King of Mercia who built a 149-mile long earthwork between England and Wales

Answer 14

King Offa