![]() ![]() King Æthelwulf and Judith had no children and after King Æthelwulf’s death, she married his son and successor Æthelbald. Alfred’s mother Osburga had probably died, although it is possible that she had been put aside. In 856, Alfred’s father King Æthelwulf married Judith of Flanders, daughter of Charles the Bald. Being the fourth of four sons, Alfred was not expected to succeed to the throne and was probably being prepared for a career in the Roman Catholic Church. Æthelred I, King of Wessex (circa 847 – 871), married Wulfthryth, two known sons Æthelhelm and ÆthelwoldĪlfred’s father King Æthelwulf of Wessex Credit – Wikipediaįrom 854 – 855, Alfred accompanied his father on a pilgrimage to Rome and then they spent some time at the court of Charles the Bald, King of West Francia. ![]() Æthelbald, King of Wessex (died 860), married Judith of Flanders, his father’s second wife and widow, no children Æthelswith, Queen of Mercia (died 888), married Burgred, King of Mercia, no children.Æthelstan, King of Kent (died circa 851–855), was King of Kent under the authority of his father from 839 until predeceasing his father.Born circa 847 – 849, probably at a royal palace in Wantage, now in Oxfordshire, England, he was the youngest of the four known sons and the youngest of the five known children of Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and his first wife Osburga.Īlfred had four known elder brothers and one known elder sister: Alfred and Cnut, King of England, Denmark, Norway, and parts of Sweden are the only British monarchs to be given the epithet “the Great”. Statue of Alfred the Great in Wantage, Oxfordshire Credit – By Steve Daniels, Īlfred the Great was King of Wessex and later styled himself King of the Anglo-Saxons. ![]()
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