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| Name |
Ælfrǣd Wessex |
| Suffix |
King of the Anglo-Saxons |
| Nickname |
Alfred the Great |
| Birth |
849 |
Wantage, Berkshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 Oct 899 |
Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
28 May 1998 |
BOISE |
| FamilySearch ID |
L8MB-ZF7 |
| Burial |
Hyde Abbey, Hampshire, England |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I13536 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Ealhswith, b. Abt 852, Mercia d. 5 Dec 905, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
868 |
| Children |
| | 1. Æthelflæd Wessex, Princess, b. Abt 870, England d. 12 Jun 918, Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (Age 48 years) |
| + | 2. Edward "The Elder" Wessex, I, King of England, b. Abt 875, Wantage, Berkshire, England d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon, Cheshire, England (Age 49 years) |
| | 3. Æthelgifu Wessex, b. Abt 877, Wessex d. 7 Jun 929, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België (Age 52 years) |
| + | 4. Ælfthryth Wessex, Countess of Flanders, b. Abt 877, England d. 7 Jun 929, Flanders, België (Age 52 years) |
| | 5. Æthelweard Wessex, b. Abt 880, England d. 16 Oct 922 (Age 42 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6942 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah)Vol. 2
King of the West Saxons (871-99), and one of the outstanding figures o f E nglish History. Born in Wantage in Southern England, Alfred was the y oung est of five sons of King Ethelwulf. On the death of his brother Ethe lred , Alfred became king, coming to the throne during a Danish invasion . Alth ough he succeeded in making peace with the Danes, they resumed the ir mara uding expeditions five years later, and by early 878 they were su ccessfu l almost everywhere. About Easter of 878, however, Alfred establi shed him self at Athelney and began assembling an army. In the middle o f that yea r he defeated the Danes and captured their stronghold, probabl y at presen t-day Edington. For the next 14 years Alfred was able to devo te himself t o the internal affairs of his kingdom. By 886 he had capture d the city o f London, and soon afterward he was recognized as the king o f all England . In 893 the Danes invaded England again, and the followin g four years we re marked by warfare; eventually, the Danes were forced t o withdraw fro m Alfred's domain. The only ruler to resist Danish invasio ns successfully , Alfred made his kingdom the rallying point for all Saxo ns, thus layin g the foundation for the unification of England. Alfred wa s a patron of l earning and did much for the education of his people. H e established a co urt-school and invited British and foreign scholars, n otably the Welsh mo nk Asser and the Irish-born philosopher and theologia n John Scotus Erigen a, to come there. Alfred translated such works as th e Consolation of Phil osophy by the Roman statesman and philosopher Boeth ius, The History of th e World by the Spanish priest Paulus Orosius (fl.5 th Cent), and Passtora l Care by Pope Gregory I. Alfred's laws, the firs t promulgated in more th an a century, were the first that made no distin ction between the Englis h and the Welsh peoples. He wore himself out i n the service of his people , the oft-quoted words he added to one of hi s book translations: "MY WIS H WAS TO LIVE WORTHI LY AS LONG AS I LIVE, A ND AFTER MY LIFE TO LEAVE THE M THAT SHOULD COME A FTER, MY MEMORY of GOO D WORKS."; a fitting epitaph t o this noble King.
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