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‎2 May 1767 Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England;

Thomas Pike was recorded as "Master, in the trade of woolstapler, for Peter Graham"

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No. of families2146
Most children13
No. of individuals4595

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man Ælfred 'the Great' of Wessex, King of Wessex‏‎ 1) 2)
Born ‎849 Wantage, Berkshire, England‎ 3)
Died ‎26 Oct 899 Buried at Winchester‎, 49 or 50 years 4)

Married ‎868 5) (30 or 31 years married)
to:

woman Ealhswith of Mercia‏‎ 5)
Died ‎between 902 and 903 5 December 5)

Children:

1.
woman Ælfthryth of Wessex‏ 6) 2)
Died ‎7 Jun 929 Possibly 6)
2.
man Edward 'the Elder' of Wessex, King of Wessex, King of Mercia‏ 7) 8) 9)
Born ‎± 872‎ 7)
Died ‎17 Jul 924 Farndon, Cheshire, England‎, approximately 52 years 7)
Buried ‎ Winchester, Hampshire, England 7)

Sources

1) Source: Asser's Life of King Alfred "Nati sunt ergo ei filii et filiae de supradicta coniuge sua [scilicet] Æthelflæd primogenita, post quam Eadwerd, deinde Æthelgeofu, postea Ælfthryth, deinde Æthelweard natus est, exceptis his, qui in infantia morte praeveniente praeoccupati sunt" (Data from secondary evidence)
2) Source: Genealogia comitum Flandrensium ex libro Florido et Chronico Aldenburgensi, etc "Balduinus autem Calvus ducta filia Edgeri regis Anglorum nomine Elferudem, genuit Arnolfum magnum, restauratorem blandiniensis cenobii" (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: Asser's Life of King Alfred "Anno Dominicae Incarnationis DCCCXLIX natus est Ælfred, Angul-Saxonum rex, in villa regia, quae dicitur Uuanating, in illa paga, quae nominatur Berrocscire ..." (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: The Henry Project "Two tenth century calendars place Ælfred's death on 26 October". External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/aelfr000.htm. Reference: Ælfred "the Great" (Questionable reliability of evidence)
5) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/ealhs000.htm. Reference: Ealhswith
6) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/aelft001.htm. Reference: Ælfthryth (Ælfðryð, Elftrude) (Questionable reliability of evidence)
7) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/edwar001.htm. Reference: Eadweard (Edward) "the Elder" (Questionable reliability of evidence)
8) Source: The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328 "Charles' son, the young Lous (IV), escaped rolled in a bundle of fodder. Charles' wife Eadgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder of England, took Louis to exile in England.". Reference: Page 35 (Data from secondary evidence)
9) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "After Spytihněv’s death, the duchy was obtained by Vratislav, who married Drahomíra of the hardiest tribe of the Lutici from a province called Stodor... She gave birth to twosons: Wenceslas... and Boleslav" (Data from secondary evidence)