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:

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

Notes:

Birth:
Probably the Court of Charlemagne

Family/Spouse: 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:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Adolph Twomey
• Name: Ælfthryth

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Buried:
(St Peters Abbey)

Elfrida married Baldwin de Flanders, IIEngland. Baldwin (son of Baudouin de Flanders, I and Princess Judith) was born in 865 in Belgium; died on 10 Sep 918 in Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Lawrence Hood
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder
• Religion: Edward reorganized the Church in Wessex, creating new bishoprics. Despite this, there is little indication that Edward was particularly religious. In fact, the Pope delivered a reprimand to him to pay more attention to his religious duties
• _MILT: He died leading an army against a Welsh-Mercian rebellion.

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Buried:
(Winchester Cathedral)

Edward married Ælfflæd of England in 905 in England. Ælfflæd was born in 878 in England; died in 920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]