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Alfred Daniel King was born July 30, 1930, in Atlanta, Georgia.He was a son of Reverend Martin Luther King (1899–1984), and Alberta Williams King (1904–1974), the youngest of their three children (the other two being Willie Christine, born September 11, 1927, and Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929).
Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh , who both died when Alfred was young.
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.
Its king, Alfred the Great, was overlord of western Mercia and used the title King of the Angles and Saxons, ... Death Claim Alfred [5] Alfred the Great
Edward the Elder (870s? – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith.When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred I.
Alfred died in 899, and in a charter of 901 he witnessed without a title second after King Edward, [5] and in 903 again without title immediately after Edward's brother Æthelweard. [6] In a charter of 904 he witnessed above Plegmund , Archbishop of Canterbury , and next after "Æthelweard filius regis " (king's son) as "Osferd frater regis ...
Blues legend B.B. King was not poisoned prior to his death in May at age 89, the Clark County, Nevada, coroner's office has determined. Coroner John Fudenberg said Monday that an autopsy has ...
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 ...