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Alfred was a son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. According to his biographer, Asser, writing in 893, "In the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons", was born at the royal estate called Wantage, in the district known as Berkshire ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
Information med symbolet hentes fra Wikidata. Kildehenvisninger foreligger sammesteds. Æthelwulf (konge 839 - 858) var konge af Wessex som søn af og efterfølger til kong Egbert af Wessex, der sad ved magten fra 802 til 839. Egbert havde forenet og udvidet sit kongedømme med sønnens hjælp. Æthelwulf deltog i slaget ved Ellandun i 825 ...
Æthelbald, King of Wessex. Æthelberht, King of Wessex. Æthelred I, King of Wessex. Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons. Father. Oslac. Osburh or Osburga (also Osburga Oslacsdotter) was the first wife of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and mother of King Alfred the Great. Alfred's biographer, Asser, described her as "a most religious woman, noble in ...
Æthelwulf of Berkshire (before 825 – 4 January, 871) was a Saxon ealdorman. In 860 he and other men of Berkshire fought off a band of pirates near Winchester, Hampshire. [1] Later he mustered a force of 1400 men against an army of Danes , won the 31 December 870 Battle of Englefield on behalf of the then kingdom of Wessex . [2]
23. Feb. 2022 · The father of Alfred the Great, King Aethelwulf (‘Noble Wolf’) was King of Wessex from 839-858. Aethelwulf allied with Mercia against the many Viking invasions…. In 839 Aethelwulf became King of Wessex and inherited the throne from his father Egbert. Egbert passed on not only a title but the responsibility of numerous territories spanning ...
13. Jan. 2015 · The earliest surviving charter of a king of Wessex is a grant by King Æthelwulf, dated 28 May 843 (Stowe Charter 17). Æthelwulf gave to his thegn Æthelmod land at Little Chart, Kent, including woods called Theodorice-snad and Beaneccer, and swine-pastures at Ætingden, Lidingden, Meredenn and Uddanh. Attached to the bottom of the charter is a small fragment of parchment containing a note of ...
However, Wessex did retain control of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey; these territories were given to Ecgberht's son Æthelwulf to rule as a subking under Ecgberht. When Ecgberht died in 839, Æthelwulf succeeded him; the southeastern kingdoms were finally absorbed into the kingdom of Wessex after the death of Æthelwulf's son Æthelbald in 860 ...
