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Name:  King Alfred the GreatBorn:  c.849 at Wantage, BerkshireParents:  Aethelwulf and OsburhRelation to Elizabeth II :   32nd great-grandfatherHouse of:   WessexBecame King:  871Children: Aelfthryth, Aethelflaed, Aethelgifu, Edward, AethelweardDied:  October 26, 899Buried at:  Winchester

Succeeded by:   his son Edward

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