Alfred the great

By Juan cruz Aicega, Marcos Miguens

 When he was borned
He was born in the town of Wantage, County Berkshire, in the year 849 and was the fifth and
youngest of the sons—six in all—of Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, and his first wife, Osburga.
 Family
 He was the youngest of six children. His eldest brother, Æthelstan, was old
enough to be appointed sub-king of Kent in 839, almost 10 years before Alfred
was born. He died in the early 850s. Alfred's next three brothers were
successively kings of Wessex.
 In 868, Alfred married Ealhswith, daughter of the Mercian nobleman Æthelred
Mucel, ealdorman of the Gaini, and his wife Eadburh, who was of royal
Mercian descent.[13][c] Their children were Æthelflæd, who married
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians; Edward the Elder, Alfred's successor as king;
Æthelgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury; Ælfthryth, who married Baldwin, count of
Flanders; and Æthelweard.
Alfred ascended to the throne

 Around 800, tribes of Danes began to invade England. By 874, they had
conquered all the kingdoms except Wessex. King Alfred, who was the king at
the moment, won back Sussex, Kent and Mercia, and agreed that the Danes
could settle in the Eastern part of the country, called the Danelaw.
 Dead
 Alfred died on 26 October 899 at the age of 50 or 51.[157] How he died is
unknown, but he suffered throughout his life with a painful and unpleasant
illness.
 His grandson King Eadred seems to have had a similar illness.