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  • Name Alfred King of Wessex  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 849  Wantage, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 855 
    Accompanied his father Æthelwulf on a pilgrimage to Rome, a visit, recorded by Asser, accepted as authentic by modern historians 
    Occupation 871 
    King of Wessex (succeeded his brother Æthelred) 
    Occupation 28 Apr 871 
    Crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames (Surrey) 
    Military 878 
    Defeated the Danes at the Battle of Edington 
    Occupation 886 
    Recognized Danish control over East Anglia and parts of Mercia by treaty (partition of England called the "Danelaw") 
    Died 26 Oct 899  Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 1112  Transferred to Hyde Abbey, Winchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Founded the British Navy, organized the militia, compiled a code of laws, built schools, monastaries, and invited scholars to live at his court 
    Buried Newminster Abbey, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4134  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Æthelwulf King of Wessex,   b. Abt 806, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 858, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Mother Osburgh of the Isle of Wight,   b. Abt 810, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 876, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years) 
    Married Abt 826  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Annulled 853 
    Family ID F2096  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ealhswith of the Gaini,   b. Abt 852, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 904, Winchester, Dorset, England (Abbaye Sainte-Marie) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 868  Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Æthelflæd of Wessex,   b. Abt 869, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 918, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
     2. Edward I King of Wessex,   b. 875, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 924, Farrington (Farndon-on-Dee), Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     3. Ælfthryth of Wessex,   b. 877, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 929, Gand (Gent), Flandre-Orientale, Belgique Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2095  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 78.

    2. [S576] Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Troisième Édition, la Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 2 août 1726-1733), Volume 2, p. 714.

    3. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 2:1-15 & 46:44-15.


  

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