When Prince Aethelwulf returns from fighting in Mercia, Ecbert forces him to accept Alfred as his legal son. He is clearly the favorite of Judith and Ecbert, despite not being Judith's first-born. Alfred is raised by Judith in Ecbert's villa. Athelstan had been loved by Judith and Ecbert.
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King Ecbert then stops the trial and pardons Judith, stating that Athelstan was a holy man and his son was chosen by God. Her ear is removed, and she reveals that the father of her child is Athelstan. Shortly after Alfred's birth, he is taken by King Ecbert's noblemen and Judith is brought before the court on trial for adultery. He is also seen as having a great destiny by his stepfather, King Aethelwulf. He was protected by the late King Ecbert, who claims that God has very special plans for him. King Alfred of Wessex and Mercia (Old English meaning "elf counsel") is the illegitimate son of Judith and Athelstan. –King Alfred's victory speech after the Battle of Marton, Hel And when King Harald urged his devils to run from the field, I knew then, with a beautiful certainty, that the day and the battle had belonged to us! But without our Viking allies, I swear to you, there could be no victory either, without these Northmen who have embraced our cause and our God. No one else will ever be fit to carry his sword, which will be buried with him. We mourn his passing, but we know that he has gone to a far better place.
Alas we have suffered a most grevous loss of this great and noble man. The great warrior Heahmund, staunch defender of our faith.
Yet the battle still hung in the balance. Dear lord, the Pagans had the best of it. Ask yourselves, do you know his ways? Can you be so sure as to know the divine mind that guides all things? Friends, when I saw that deer, I knew it not for a deer, but as Christ, who had taken that shape to show us that he was with us.
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