Family: King of the Anglo-Saxons Alfred of Wessex / Queen of England Wessex Ealhswyth of Mercia, I (F3885)

• Male King of the Anglo-Saxons Alfred of Wessex

  
  

  Birth	9 May 849	Wantage, Berkshire, England
  Death	26 Oct 899	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Burial		Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Marriage	868  [1]
  Father	King of England Æthelwulf of Wessex | F7462 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lady Osburgha Mercia of Wessex | F7462 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Queen of England Wessex Ealhswyth of Mercia, I

  
  

  Birth	842	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  Death	5 Dec 905	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Burial
  Father	Ethelred Gainai | F2970 Group Sheet
  Mother	Eadburh Fadburn | F2970 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Countess of Flanders Elfrida of England

  
  

  Birth	877	England
  Death	6 Jul 929	Belgium
  Burial		Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  Spouse	Baldwin de Flanders, II | F3749
  Marriage	Abt 893	England

  
  

  Male King of the Anglo-Saxons Edward of Wessex, the Elder

  
  

  Birth	874	England
  Death	17 Jul 924	Faringdon, Berkshire, England
  Burial		Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Spouse	Ælfflæd of England | F3982
  Marriage	905	England

  
  

• Sources

  [S1058] Wikipedia: Alfred the Great, (Name: Wikipedia;), Alfred the Great. Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred; 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and Æthelred, reigned in turn before him. Under Alfred's rule, considerable administrative and military reforms were introduced, prompting lasting change in England.[2] After ascending the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, dividing England between Anglo-Saxon territory and the Viking-ruled Danelaw, composed of Scandinavian York, the north-east Midlands and East Anglia. Alfred also oversaw the conversion of Viking leader Guthrum to Christianity. He defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, becoming the dominant ruler in England.[3] Alfred began styling himself as "King of the Anglo-Saxons" after reoccupying London from the Vikings. Details of his life are described in a work by 9th-century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be conducted in English, rather than Latin, and improving the legal system and military structure and his people's quality of life. He was given the epithet "the Great" in the 16th century and is only one of two English monarchs, alongside Cnut the Great, to be labelled as such. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great