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The Connections of Alfred the Great
King of Wessex (r. 872–901) Every person recorded alongside Alfred the Great in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Alfred the Great in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Æthelwulf, Osburh
- Spouses
- Ealhswith
- Children
- Æthelflæd, Edward the Elder, Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, Æthelweard, Æthelgifu, Edmund
- Siblings
- Æthelswith, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, Æthelred I, Æthelstan of Kent
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 849 CE to 899 CE.
Medieval era
Mahavira
800 CE – 875 CE
Mathematician
Medieval era
Al-Mutawakkil
822 CE – December 11, 861 CE
10th Abbasid caliph (822–861, r. 847–861)
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Ismail Samani
849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907
Medieval era
Al-Jahiz
775 CE – 868 CE
Arabic writer (776–869)
Medieval era
Fatima al-Fihri
800 CE – 880 CE
Legendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque
Medieval era
Æthelstan
895 CE – October 27, 939 CE
King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
Medieval era
Æthelflæd
870 CE – June 12, 918 CE
Mercian monarch
Medieval era
Hywel Dda
880 CE – 950 CE
10th-century Welsh king
Medieval era
Kenneth MacAlpin
810 CE – February 8, 858 CE
King of the Picts
Medieval era
Edward the Elder
874 CE – July 17, 924 CE
King of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)