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2. Alfred the Great - Wikipedia

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   Alfred was the youngest 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").

3. List of English monarchs - Wikipedia

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   In 1016 Cnut the Great, a Dane, was the first to call himself "King of England". In the Norman period "King of the English" remained standard, with occasional use of "King of England" or Rex Anglie. From John's reign onwards all other titles were eschewed in favour of "King" or "Queen of England".

4. Æthelberht, King of Wessex - Wikipedia

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   [a] Æthelstan died in the early 850s, but the four younger brothers were successively kings of Wessex: Æthelbald from 855 to 860, [b] Æthelberht from 860 to 865, Æthelred I from 865 to 871 and Alfred the Great from 871 to 899. Æthelberht had one sister, Æthelswith, who married King Burgred of Mercia in 853. [11]

5. List of monarchs of Wessex - Wikipedia

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   21st King of Wessex 802–839: Judith c. 843–870: Æthelwulf c. 795 –858 22nd King of Wessex 839–858: Osburh? Æthelstan d. c. 852 King of Kent 839–851: Æthelbald c. 831 –860 23rd King of Wessex 858–860: Æthelberht c. 835 –865 24th King of Wessex 860–865: Æthelred I c. 847 –871 25th King of Wessex 865–871: Alfred the ...

6. King Alfred's Tower - Wikipedia

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   Henry Hoare II planned the tower in the 1760s to commemorate the end of the Seven Years' War against France and the accession of King George III, and it was erected near the site of Egbert's Stone, where it is believed that Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallied the Anglo-Saxons in 878 before the Battle of Edington. The tower was damaged by ...

7. Æthelberht of Kent - Wikipedia

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   It may be that Æthelberht was king of east Kent and Eadbald became king of west Kent; the east Kent king seems generally to have been the dominant ruler later in Kentish history. Whether or not Eadbald became a joint king with Æthelberht, there is no question that Æthelberht had authority throughout the kingdom.

8. King Albert - Wikipedia

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   King Albert may refer to: Albert I of Belgium (1875–1934) Albert II of Belgium (born 1934) Albert I of Germany (1255–1308) Albert II of Germany (1397–1439)

9. 860 - Wikipedia

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   Donald II, king of Scotland (approximate date) Georgios I, king of Makuria (approximate date) Ibn Abd Rabbih, Moorish writer and poet (d. 940) John X, pope of the Catholic Church (d. 928) Ludmila, Bohemian duchess regent and saint (approximate date) Odo I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom (or 859) Robert I, king of the West Frankish Kingdom ...