Collateral blood relative
Alfred the Great
Also recorded as Ælfred · Alfred, King of the West Saxons
King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons, defender of England against the Danes; father of Edward the Elder and therefore ancestor of this line through both of Edward's daughters.
- Dates
- c. 849 to 26 October 899
- Titles and offices
- King of the West Saxons
- King of the Anglo-Saxons
- House or family
- House of Wessex
- Mother
- Not established
- Spouse
- Ealhswith
- Children in this pedigree
- Edward the ElderCollateral
- Relationship to Brandon
- Recorded in the archive as part of the withdrawn Mengen and Bauffremont reconstruction. Not a direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.
- Evidence status
- Primary Source
His life and family are recorded by Asser, his contemporary biographer, and in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Collateral blood relative. Recorded in the archive as part of the withdrawn Mengen and Bauffremont reconstruction. Not a direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.
Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire
This person is a collateral blood relative. No line of descent runs through them.
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Paternal line
Maternal line
Not established
All 2 recorded ancestors of Alfred the Great
- Æthelwulf, King of WessexDied 13 January 858
- Ecgberht, King of WessexDied 839
Further references
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Asser, Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum (contemporary record, 893)
Alfred the Great is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.