Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: As a child Alfred won a prize of a volume of poetry in English
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great
• Name: the Great
• Religion: The Anglican Communion venerates him. For Alfred, the key to the kingdom's spiritual revival was to appoint pious, learned, and trustworthy bishops and abbots. He saw himself as responsible for both the temporal and spiritual welfare of his subjects
• _MILT: Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England

Notes:

Buried:
(Winchester Cathedral)

Alfred married Queen of England Wessex Ealhswyth of Mercia, I in 868. Ealhswyth (daughter of Ethelred Gainai and Eadburh Fadburn) was born in 842 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; died on 5 Dec 905 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Countess of Flanders Elfrida of England was born in 877 in England; died on 6 Jul 929 in Belgium; was buried in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
2. King of the Anglo-Saxons Edward of Wessex, the Elder was born between 871 and 875 in England; died on 17 Jul 924 in Faringdon, Berkshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/aethelwulf_of_Wessex
• Name: the Noble Wulf

Notes:

Birth:
Probably the Court of Charlemagne

Æthelwulf married Lady Osburgha Mercia of Wessex. Lady was born in 810 in Isle of Wight, England; died on 13 Jan 876 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osburh

Notes:

Died:
Wessex, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_of_Wessex
• Name: the Great

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Egbert married Frankish Princess and Queen Reburga of Wessex in 805 in England. Reburga was born in 788 in England; died in 839 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Readburga

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Died:
St. Mary's Abbey

Notes:

Married:
Wessex, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelle_II_of_Northumbria
• Occupation: Ælla seized lands at Billingham, Ileclif, Wigeclif, and Crece, which belonged to the church. He is described in most sources as a tyrant, and not a rightful king
• _MILT: The Great Heathen Army marched on Northumbria in the late summer of 866, seizing York. King Osbryht and Alla, having united their forces and formed an army, came to the city of York, where both kings were killed by the Vikings.

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Died:
Ragnar's sons avenged his death by subjecting Ælla to the blood eagle

Ælla married Alburga of KentEngland. Alburga was born in 762 in England; died in 845 in Wiltshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Notes:

Married:
Wessex, England