Alfred the Great, King of West Saxons b. 849 Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 28 Oct 899 Winchester, Hampshire, England: Cook Ancestry

849 - 899 (50 years)

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Name	Alfred the Great [1]
Suffix	King of West Saxons
Birth	849	Wantage, Berkshire, England
Gender	Male
Acceded	23 Apr 871	Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, Great Britain
Death	28 Oct 899	Winchester, Hampshire, England
	Cause: Possibly Crohn's disease
Burial	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
Marriage	Abt 830
Divorce	Yes, date unknown
Marriage Fact	853
Family ID	F1419	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ealhswith of the Gaini d. 5 Dec 905, St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset

Marriage 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)

Family ID F1380 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 19 Jun 2013

[S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).