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View Tree for Alfred IAlfred I (b. 849, d. October 28, 899)

Alfred I (son of Aethelwulf and Osburga) was born 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England, and died October 28, 899. He married Ealhswith on 868 in Winchester, England.

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Youngest son of King Ęthelwulf, Alfred became King of Wessex during a time of constant Viking attack. He was driven into hiding by a Viking raid into Wessex, led by the Dane, Guthorm, and took refuge in the Athelney marshes in Somerset. There, he recovered sufficient strength to be able to defeat the Danes decisively at the Battle of Eddington. As a condition of the peace treaty which followed, Guthorm received Christian baptism and withdrew his forces from Wessex, with Alfred recognizing the Danish control over East Anglia and parts of Mercia. This partition of England, called the "Danelaw", was formalized by another treaty in 886.
Alfred created a series of fortifications to surround his kingdom and provide needed security from invasion. The Anglo-Saxon word for these forts, "burhs", has come down to us in the common place-name suffix, "bury." He also constructed a fleet of ships to augment his other defenses, and in so doing became known as the "Father of the English Navy." The reign of Alfred was known for more than military success. He was a codifier of law, a promoter of education and a suppor|er of the arts. He, himself, was a scholar and translated Latin books into the Anglo-Saxon tongue. The definitive contemporary work on Alfred's life is an unfinished account in Latin by Asser, a Welshman, bishop of Sherbourne and Alfred's counsellor. After his death, he was buried in his capital city of Winchester, and is the only English monarch in history to carry the title, "the Great."



More About Alfred I:
Acceeded: 871, King Of England.
Burial: Aft. October 28, 899, Hyde Abbey, Winchester, England.

More About Alfred I and Ealhswith:
Marriage: 868, Winchester, England.

Children of Alfred I and Ealhswith are:
  1. Aethelflaed, b. Abt. 869, d. June 12, 919.
  2. Edward, b. Abt. 869, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, d. July 17, 924, Farndon-on-Dee.
  3. Edmund, b. Abt. 870, d. date unknown.
  4. Aethelweard, b. Abt. 880, d. October 16, 922.
  5. +Aefthryth, b. date unknown, d. June 07, 929, Flanders, Belgium.
  6. Aethelgeofu, b. date unknown, d. Abt. 896, Shaftesbury Abbbey, Dorset.
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