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Alfred was the youngest son of Æthelwulf, king of Wessex, and his wife Osburh. [5] 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 [a] ("which is so called from Berroc Wood, where the box tree grows very abundantly").
Osburh's existence is known only from Asser's Life of King Alfred.She is not named as witness to any charters, nor is her death reported in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.So far as is known, she was the mother of all Æthelwulf's children, his five sons Æthelstan, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, Æthelred and Alfred, and his daughter Æthelswith, wife of King Burgred of Mercia.
After Alfred's death, in 901, Ealhswith did witness one charter during the reign of her son King Edward in which she is identified as "Ealhswið mater regis", Ealhswith mother of the king. Her name is subscribed immediately after King Edward, and before Edward's wife Ælfflæd. [12]
Alfred styled himself king of the Anglo-Saxons from about 886, ... Name Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death Claim Alfred [5] Alfred the Great (King of Wessex from 871)
Æthelflæd Æthelflæd (from The Cartulary and Customs of Abingdon Abbey, c. 1220) Lady of the Mercians Reign 911–918 Predecessor Æthelred Successor Ælfwynn Born c. 870 Died 12 June 918 (aged c. 48) Tamworth, Staffordshire Burial St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester Spouse Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians Issue Ælfwynn, Lady of the Mercians House Wessex Father Alfred the Great Mother Ealhswith ...
They say: "Osferth's relationship to Alfred is uncertain. He may have belonged to his mother Osburh's family, or he may have been a son of the Oswald filius regis who occurs in [royal charters] S 340, 1201 and 1203 and was perhaps a son of Alfred's brother Æthelred." [24] However, in Nelson's view, it is very unlikely that Oswald was Æthelred ...
One of Athena's middle names, Elizabeth, appears to be a heartfelt tribute to Beatrice's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. The monarch died at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022. The monarch died ...
When Æthelred made a grant to Berkeley Abbey in 883, he did it with the approval of King Alfred, thus acknowledging Alfred's lordship. [16] Thereafter he usually acted with Alfred's permission, but issued some charters in his own name without reference to Alfred, such as at a meeting in Risborough in Buckinghamshire in 884, showing that ...