Editing Alfred the Great (section)

== Chronology ==
[[File:Æthelswith, Queen of Mercia, in British Library Cotton MS Claudius B VI.png|thumb|Alfred's sister, Queen [[Æthelswith]] of Mercia, in a manuscript of 1220]]
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! Date !! Event

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| {{Circa|848}}
| Alfred is born in Wantage, Berkshire.

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| {{Circa|852}}
| Alfred's oldest brother [[Æthelstan of Kent]] dies.

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| {{Circa|853}}
| Alfred's sister, [[Æthelswith]] marries [[Burgred]], the king of Mercians.

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|rowspan="2"| {{Circa|854}}
| Alfred's father [[Æthelwulf]] sends Alfred and his youngest older brother [[Æthelred I of Wessex|Æthelred]] on a pilgrimage to Rome.{{Sfn|Giles|Ingram|1996|loc=Year 854}}

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| Alfred's mother [[Osburh]] dies.

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| {{Circa|855}}
| Æthelwulf goes on a pilgrimage with Alfred, after dividing his realm between his sons, [[Æthelbald of Wessex|Æthelbald]] and [[Æthelbert of Wessex|Æthelberht]].{{Sfn|Hill|2009|p=17-18}}

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|rowspan="2"| {{Circa|856}}
| Preteen [[Judith of Flanders]] becomes the stepmother of Alfred after [[Æthelwulf]] marries her.{{Sfn|Hill|2009|p=17-18}}

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| Æthelwulf returns home, but Æthelbald refuses to give up his position, forcing Æthelwulf to retire to Kent with Æthelberht.{{Sfnm |1a1=Keynes|1y=1998|1p=7|2a1=Hunt|2y=1889|2p=16}}

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| {{Circa|858}}
| Æthelwulf dies.

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| {{Circa|860}}
| Æthelbald dies and is succeeded by his brother [[Æthelbert of Wessex|Æthelberht]].

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|rowspan="2"| {{Circa|865}}
| Æthelberht dies and is succeeded by his brother Æthelred.

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| The [[Great Heathen Army]] lands in [[East Anglia]].

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|rowspan="2"| {{Circa|868}}
| Æthelred aids Burgred against the Danes.

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| Alfred marries Ealhswith in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.

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| {{Circa|870}}
| Alfred's first child [[Æthelflæd]] is born.

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|rowspan="2"|{{Circa|871}}
| Æthelred dies and is succeeded by Alfred.

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| Alfred makes peace with the Danes and takes Winchester as his residence.

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| {{Circa|872}}
| Burgred pays tribute to the Danes.

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| {{Circa|873}}
| The Danes invade Mercia and seize [[Repton]].

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|rowspan="3"| {{Circa|874}}
| Danes sack [[Tamworth, Staffordshire|Tamworth]], exiling Burgred.

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| Alfred's first son Edward is born.

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| The Great Heathen Army splits as [[Halfdan]] retires to Northumbria.

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| {{Circa|875}}
| [[Guthrum]] invades Alfred's realm.

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| {{Circa|876}}
| Guthrum takes [[Wareham, Dorset|Wareham]], but is besieged by Alfred. The Danes abandon Wareham, only to take [[Exeter]] instead.

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| {{Circa|877}}
| Alfred besieges Exeter and is able to expel the Danes from his realm.

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|rowspan="3"|{{Circa|878}}
| Alfred is forced to flee to [[Somerset Levels]] and begin guerilla warfare.

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| Alfred defeats Guthrum decisively in the [[Battle of Edington]], causing Guthrum's conversion to Christianity.

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| [[Odda, Ealdorman of Devon|Alfred's subject]] defeats another Danish invasion in the [[Battle of Cynwit]].

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| {{Circa|886}}
| Alfred conquers London and declares himself the king of the Anglo-Saxons.

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| {{Circa|888}}
| Æthelswith dies in Pavia.

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| {{Circa|893}}
| Edward marries [[Ecgwynn]].

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| {{Circa|894}}
| Alfred becomes a grandfather when Ecgwynn gives birth to [[Æthelstan]], the son of Edward.

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| 899
| Alfred dies.

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