Alfred the Great, King of West Saxons

849 - 899  (50 years)

• Name	Alfred the Great   [1]
  Suffix	King of West Saxons
  Born	849	Wantage, Berkshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	23 Apr 871	Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, Great Britain
  Died	28 Oct 899	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  	Cause: Possibly Crohn's disease
  Buried	Hyde Abbey, Winchester, England
  Notes	Acceded: 23 APR 871, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey Reigned 871-899. He prevented the Danish conquest of England, defeating th em at Edington(878) after a campaign of guerrila warfare. After his victory h e allowed the Danes to keep their conquests in Mercia nd East Anglia provide d that Guthrum, their King, was converted to Christianity. Alfred built a na vy of Warships to defend the south coast against further Danish invasions (88 5-86 ;892-96) and protected Wessex with a chain of fortifications. He took Lond on (886), this gaining control of all England except the Danish areas. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01964 See his biography http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/alfred.html (Research):http://www.geni.com/people/Alfred-the-Great-King-of-the-Anglo-Saxons/3967262167710039627
  Person ID	I4721	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	AEthelwulf, King of England,   b. 795, Aachen, Kaln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany ,   d. 13 Jan 858, Stamridge, Wessex  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Osburga,   d. 846
  Married	Abt 830
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Marriage Fact	853
  Family ID	F1419	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Ealhswith of the Gaini,   d. 5 Dec 905, St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
  Married	868	Winchester, England
  Children	1. Lady of Mercia AEthelflaed,   b. 869,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Edward the Elder, King of England,   b. 869, Wessex, England ,   d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon-On-Dee, Cheshire England  (Age 55 years)   3. Edmund,   b. Abt 870,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. AEthelgeofu of Shaftesbury, Abbess of Shaftes.,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, Princess of Wessex,   b. 873, Wessex, England ,   d. 7 Jun 929, French Flanders, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France  (Age 56 years)   6. AEthelweard,   b. 880,   d. 16 Oct 922  (Age 42 years)
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England([email protected]), (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).