Ко се венчао Alfred Veliki?

Alfred Veliki je bio kralj Veseksa (Vessex) od 871. do 899. godine. Presto je preuzeo od brata Etelreda (Aethelred) kada je Engleskoj pretila opasnost od Normana, protiv kojih ratuje četvrt veka. Protiv njih 878. odnosi pobedu kod Edingtona blizu Vestberija (Westbury).

Često ga upoređuju sa Karlom Velikim, stimulisao je razvoj kulturnog života u Engleskoj. Dao je da se sakupe zakoni sedam engleskih kraljevina. Iz ovih zakona se vidi razvoj engleskog prava, feudalizma i centralne vlasti. Prevodio je dela Orosija, Isidora i Bede.

U njegovo vreme se počela pisati Anglosaksonska hronika koja obuhvata period od 892−1154. godine. Ona sadrži legende, poput legende o Beovulfu iz VII veka.

Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) was the wife of King Alfred the Great. She was the mother of King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family and her lineage was one of the primary reasons for Alfred taking Ealhswith as his wife. She founded the nunnery of Nunnaminster.