when was alfred the great born

Alfred the Great is generally thought to have been born around the year 849, most likely at Wantage in what was then Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire), in the kingdom of Wessex.

Birth date in context

Most modern historians treat his birth year as approximate rather than exact, so it is written as “c. 849” (circa 849).

Key early sources and later scholars slightly disagree, giving a possible range between about 847 and 849, but 849 is the most commonly cited year in biographies and reference works.

Place and family background

Alfred was born at Wantage, then in Berkshire, a royal estate in the kingdom of Wessex that later came to lie in Oxfordshire after boundary changes.

He was one of the younger sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and his wife Osburh, which initially made it unlikely that he would one day become king.

TL;DR: Alfred the Great was born circa 849, at Wantage in the old county of Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) in the kingdom of Wessex.

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