ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Alfred the Great
0848 - 0899

Alfred the Great
  • Born 0848
  • Wantage
  • Died Mon, 26 October 0899
  • Buried
  • Hyde Abbey, Winchester
Details
Parents
    • King of England
    • Mon, 1 July 0886 - Mon, 26 October 0899
    • Reigned 13 years, 3 months, 25 days
  • King
  • Alfred the Great
  • Lived 51 years, 3 months, 25 days

He was given the epithet the Great during the Reformation in the sixteenth century

father

  • Æthelwulf
  • 0810 - 0858

mother

  • Osburh
  • 0815 - 0840
Siblings

Brother

Æthelstan of Kent
  • Æthelstan of Kent
  • 0830 - 0852

Brother

Æthelbald
  • Æthelbald
  • 0835 - 0860

Sister

Æthelswith
  • Æthelswith
  • 0838 - 0888

Brother

Æthelberht
  • Æthelberht
  • 0839 - 0865

Brother

Æthelred I
  • Æthelred I
  • 0845 - 0871
Family

Wife

Ealhswith
  • Ealhswith
  • 0850 - 0902
  • Married Sunday, 1 July 0868
  • at Gainsborough
  • Groom was 20 Bride was 18
  • Marriage lasted 31 years, 3 months, 25 days
  • Ended on death of Husband

Daughter

Æthelflæd
  • Æthelflæd
  • 0870 - 0918

Son

Edward the Elder
  • Edward the Elder
  • 0874 - 0924

Daughter

Æthelgifu
  • Æthelgifu
  • 0875 - 0910

Daughter

Ælfthryth
  • Ælfthryth
  • 0877 - 0929

Son

Æthelweard
  • Æthelweard
  • 0880 - 0920