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My name is Jamie and this is Episode 317, Apple Red, a culture of corruption.

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At 16 years old, King Athol Red was considered fully grown by Anglo-Saxon standards.

And as a bonus graduation present, the powerful Bishop Athol Wald of Winchester, the man

who appears to have been the de facto head of state while Athol Red was a child, had

died.

With his passing, the power of the old guard had been broken, and Athol Red was free

to rule as a king.

The Regency period of his reign was officially over.

And it looks like his first move was to get married.

Hormones, am I right?

Now the truth is, we aren't given a specific date for this marriage.

In fact, we don't know very much about the marriage in general.

We don't even know the name of the bride.

Now later historians writing during the Norman period claim that she was Alf Gifu, the

daughter of Elderman Thored of York.

And if that account is right, that might be a really big pairing because it appears that

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