| Þis ȝeƿrit hæfþ ƿordcƿide on Nīƿum Englisce. |
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| Rank: | 6th |
| Rīcsode: | 871-26 Ƿinterfylleþ 899 |
| Foreȝenga: | Æðelræd I |
| Byrdȝēar: | 848 |
| Byrdestede: | Ƿaneting, Bearrucscīr, Englaland |
| Ƿīf: | Ealhsƿiþ |
| Begrafen: | Ƿintanċeaster Biscopstōl Ċiriċe |
| Dēaþdæȝ: | 26 Ƿinterfylleþ 899 |
| Ācennendas: | Æðelƿulf and Osburga |
Ælfrēd (847? - 26 Ƿinterfylleþ 899) ƿæs cyning Englalandes fram 871 tō 899, ac hē racode nǣfre ofer andlang lande. Ælfrēd is tīrfæst for ƿeriende his cynerīċe ƿiþ þā Dene (Ƿīcingas), and for þǣm earnode þone naman, "se Grēata". Cnǣƿþ man his līfes sōþsagu be ȝeƿrite fram Ƿīelisce scōlere, Asser. Ælfrēd ƿæs lārƿita and hæfst bōccræfte ȝebylded and cynerīċes lagas ætīeced.
Ælfrēd ƿæs ȝeboren āhƿænne betƿēonan 847 and 849 AD on Ƿanetinge in Bearrucscīre[1].
Ælfrēd ƿæs se fēorða sunu Æðelwulfes Cyninges Ƿestseaxna, and ȝelīcost his mōdor ƿæs Osburh his forma ƿīf. Hē ƿæs æfterȝenga for his brēðer, Æðelræd I, sƿā cyning Ƿestseaxna and Mierċa, on 871.
| Foregān fram: — |
Englalandes Cyning 871–899 |
Æftergān fram: Ēadweard se Ieldra |
| Foregān fram: Æðelrēd |
West-Seaxna Cyning 871–899 |
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| Foregān fram: Æðelrēd |
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