That really depends on which myth you go with. There are stories of King Arthur dating back to before Jesus Christ. Between the two options given I would say Anglo saxon.
No, the anglo-Saxon Chronicles were established by alfred the Great. Within these texts, no mention of Arthur is found. many see this as a sign he didn't exist. But if you look closely, your notice it doesn't give any defeats of the Saxons. so if Arthur was a real man, this book is the last place to look. Though I must say it tells you alot about the Britain Arthur would have grown up in.
No, he (in once and future king) pulled excalibur from a stone and became king. Other versions he was given excalibur by the lady of the lake symbolizing that he would be king. King Arthur created the knights of the round table, he wasnt knighted.
The Saxons1.According to lore, King Arthur fought twelve decisive battles against the Saxon invaders.2.Mordred
Unknown! We do not even know if there was a King Arthur. Most historians believe the legend derives from a dark age warlord 5-6th century who halted the advance of the Saxon invaders across BritainBetter AnswerArthur may not have been a "king" but the evidence seems to support the existence of someone called Arthur or Arturius who was a battle leader among the Britons in the late 5th Century and early 6th Century AD. He is said to have fought twelve battles against the invading Anglo-Saxons and at each battle he was victorious. According to Nennius and other medieval sources Arthur fought the following battles; 1) On the River Glein (probably somewhere in Cambridgeshire)2, 3, 4 & 5) On the River Dubglas in the region of Linnuis (Lincolnshire)6) On the River Bassas (unknown)7) In the Forest of Celidon (southern Scotland)8) Castle Guinnon (unknown)9) City of the Legion (probably Chester)10) On the River Tribruit (unknown)11) At Mount Agned (unknown)12) At Mount Badon (517AD, probably Barbury Rings) - here the Anglo-Saxons were slaughtered and the threat to Britain that they posed was removed for about 50 years.Then there is the final battle at Camlann (538AD) where Arthur was betrayed and is mortally wounded. This battle does not appear in Nennius.Without Arthur, Britain would have been conquered far sooner than it was by the English and this would have made the British Isles a profoundly different place than they are today.
Because noone really knows what happened! as it is so long ago people have added more and more as time goes by. like if King Arthur really existed, he wouldn't have been the medieval king who we all know and love, he would have been more like a 5th century war-lord who saved with land from saxon invadors once or twice. maybe guinevere, lancelot and elaine didn't even exist!
No. There are no records of a King Arthur in England, certainly not in Anglo-Saxon England.
No, King Arthur is not believed to have been an Anglo-Saxon. He is a legendary figure from Celtic mythology and is associated with the Britons, who were a Celtic people. The Anglo-Saxons arrived in Britain centuries after the time when King Arthur is said to have lived.
Harold Godwinson was the last anglo-saxon king.
Anglo-Saxon literature started with the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles commissioned by King Alfred the Great
Anglo-Saxon. He wrote the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
From Shakespeare "thane" is a king's companion in Anglo Saxon England.
Alfred the Great was a ninth-century Anglo-Saxon king. He expanded the territory of the Kingdom of Wessex and is the only English king with the epithet "the Great".
Well, the legend takes place in the medieval era, but if King Arthur actually existed it would have around the 5th Century and he wouldn't have been the medieval King that we all know. He would probably have been some kind of a warlord who fought the Saxon invaders.
King Arthur die in the Battle of the Saxon's
Alfred the Great!
Athelstan.
No, the anglo-Saxon Chronicles were established by alfred the Great. Within these texts, no mention of Arthur is found. many see this as a sign he didn't exist. But if you look closely, your notice it doesn't give any defeats of the Saxons. so if Arthur was a real man, this book is the last place to look. Though I must say it tells you alot about the Britain Arthur would have grown up in.