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Alfred was a son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. [5] According to his biographer, Asser, writing in 893, "In the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons", was born at the royal estate called Wantage, in the district known as Berkshire [a] ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
Alfred the Great King of the Anglo-Saxons 849–899 King of the West Saxons r. 871–899: Queen Ealhswith d. 902 Queen of the West Saxons: Æthelred d. 911 Lord of the Mercians: Æthelflæd c. 870 –918 Lady of the Mercians First Daughter of King Alfred the Great and Queen Ealhswith: Queen Ecgwynn 890s First wife of Edward the Elder: King ...
King of Wessex (King of the Gewissae) 534 to 560: Cynric: Son, or according to some sources grandson, of Cerdic. ... Alfred the Great c. 848–849 –899
Alfred the Great. Reign: April, 23 871 – October 26, 899 (28 years, 187 days) Alfred is the only British king that’s called “The Great.” All four of his brothers were also kings before his ...
Its king, Alfred the Great, ... Alfred [5] Alfred the Great (King of Wessex from 871) c. 886 – 26 October 899 (13 years) 849. Son of Æthelwulf of Wessex
The house became dominant in southern England after the accession of King Ecgberht in 802. Alfred the Great saved England from Viking conquest in the late ninth century and his grandson Æthelstan became first king of England in 927. The disastrous reign of Æthelred the Unready ended in Danish conquest in 1014.
The other two sons were much younger: Æthelred was born around 848 and was king from 865 to 871, and Alfred was born around 849 and was king from 871 to 899. [17] In 856, Æthelwulf married Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia and future Carolingian Emperor, and his wife Ermentrude. Osburh had probably died, although it ...
Somerset Wildlands has purchased 73 acres of farmland below the Isle of Athelney where the king burned the cakes and dreamed of a vision of England.