26 October 899Death of Alfred the GreatAlfred the Great
Alfred the Great dies after a reign remembered for resistance to Viking invasion, legal reform and learning.
Historical records for England in 899, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Alfred the Great dies after a reign remembered for resistance to Viking invasion, legal reform and learning.
Edward succeeded Alfred and continued the campaign to absorb the southern Danelaw.
Alfred prepares the succession that allows his son Edward the Elder to inherit the kingdom.
Later tradition places the young Athelstan at the Mercian court of Aethelflaed and Aethelred.
Unites Wessex & Mercia
Unites Wessex & Mercia
Succeeds his father, Alfred the Great, after being elected King. Succeeds as King of Wessex
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