Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEalhswith Queen of Wessex, 34G Grandmother
Death5 Dec 902
BurialNew Minster, Winchester
FatherAethelred Mucel (-895)
MotherEadburh
Spouses
1Alfred The Great King Of Wessex, 34G Grandfather
Birth849, Wantage, Oxfordshire
Death26 Oct 899, Winchester
BurialHyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire
FatherAethelwulf King Of Wessex (~795-858)
MotherOsburh (-<856)
Marriage868
ChildrenEdward The Elder (~874-924)
Aelfthryth Of Wessex (877-929)
Notes for Ealhswith Queen of Wessex
Notes for Alfred The Great (Spouse 1)
Reigned from April 23, 871 to October 26, 899.
King of Wessex from 871 to 886
King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886
One of only two English monarchs to be given the epithet “The Great”. Successfully defended his kingdom against the Vikings.
Suffered from an unpleasant illness, possibly Crohn’s disease.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great
King of Wessex from 871 to 886
King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886
One of only two English monarchs to be given the epithet “The Great”. Successfully defended his kingdom against the Vikings.
Suffered from an unpleasant illness, possibly Crohn’s disease.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great