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Alfred the Great
Alfredus la
King of Wessex (r. 872–901)
Overview
king of Wessex (r. 872–901)Wikidata record description. Read Alfred the Great in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 2
- 23 April 871 CE – 26 October 899 CE Monarch of England Number 1 in the sequence Succeeded by Edward the Elder
- 23 April 871 CE – 26 October 899 CE King of Wessex Succeeded Æthelred I · Succeeded by Edward the Elder
Family tree
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The family as a list · 15
Family 15
- child of (child) Æthelwulf King of Wessex
- child of (child) Osburh First wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of Alfred the Great
- of the house House of Wessex family that initially ruled Wessex kingdom
- parent of (father) Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders Countess consort of Flanders (877-929)
- parent of (father) Æthelflæd Mercian monarch
- parent of (child) Æthelgifu Anglo-Saxon abbess
- parent of (child) Æthelweard Anglo-Saxon nobleman, son of Alfred the Great
- parent of (child) Edmund Peerage person ID=106463
- parent of (father) Edward the Elder king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
- sibling of Æthelbald King of Wessex
- sibling of Æthelberht King of Wessex
- sibling of Æthelred I King of Wessex (r. 865–871)
- sibling of Æthelstan of Kent Sub-King of Kent, Essex, Sussex and in Surrey
- sibling of Æthelswith Queen, daughter of King Æthelwulf of Wessex
- married to Ealhswith Anglo Saxon royal consort
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