*Alfred the Great King of England
born 0849 Wantage,
Berkshire, England
died 26 October 0901 Winchester, Hampshire, England
father:
*Æthelwulf
King of England
born 0806
died 13 January 0858
buried Stamridge
mother:
*Osburga
of Wessex
born about 810 Wessex, England
died 0849
siblings:
Æthelstan
Æthelbald King of England
Ethelbert
*Æthelred
I King of Wessex born about 0843 died about 0872
Æthelswith of Wessex
spouse:
*Alswitha (Ealswitha) of Mercia Queen of Gaini
born
0852 Gaini, Mercia, England
died 5 December 0905 St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester,
Dorset, England
buried Winchester Cathedral
married 0868
children:
*Æthelfleda
born about 0869 Wessex, England
died 12 June 0918 Tamworth, St. Peters, Gloucestershire,
England
*Edward the Elder "The Unconquered" King of
England
born 0870,died 0924 Forndon, Northhamptonshire, England
Edmund
Æthelgifu
Abbess of Shaftsbury
Ethelweard
*Ælfrida Princess of
England born Abt 0877 Of Wessex, England
died 0920
biographical
and/or anecdotal:
Son of Ethelwulf, succeeded his brother, Ethelred I., reigning
from 871 to 900. Alfred began as second-in-command to his eldest brother, King Ethelred
I. There were no jealousies between them, but a marked difference of temperament.
Ethelred inclined toward a religious viewpoint that faith and prayer were the prime
agencies by which the heathen would be overcome. Alfred, though also devout, laid
the emphasis upon policy and arms. He was born in 849 and died in 900. At twenty-four
he became King.
notes or source:
ancestry.com
The Paternal Ancestry
of Homer Beers James