Death of Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great, on his deathbed, imparts his final counsel to his son Edward, urging him to defend Wessex against Viking invasions and uphold the kingdom's hard-won stability.

Year 899

Date 10/26

Location Royal Palace, Winchester, England

Layer 2

Visibility HIDDEN

Key Figures

Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 272 linked moments

Coronation of Edward the Elder

                    900
                     · same era
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · contemporaneous
                

Death of Aldfrith of Northumbria

                    705
                     · same figure
                

Death of Æthelred I of Wessex

                    871
                     · same figure
                

Death of Henry IV

                    1413
                     · same figure
                

Battle of Edington

                    878
                     · same figure
                

Birth of Mary, Queen of Scots

                    1542
                     · same figure
                

Death of King Oswiu

                    670
                     · same figure
                

Battle of Ashdown

                    871
                     · same figure
                

Death of King Athelstan

                    939
                     · same figure
                

Death of Malcolm II

                    1034
                     · same figure
                

Death of King Aldfrith of Northumbria

                    705
                     · same figure
                

Death of Henry II

                    1559
                     · same figure
                

Death of Charles I of Anjou

                    1285
                     · same figure
                

Death of Edward the Confessor

                    1066
                     · same figure
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · same figure
                

Death of Edward VI

                    1553
                     · same figure
                

Death of King John

                    1216
                     · same figure
                

Death of King Athelstan

                    939
                     · same figure
                

Death of Mark Antony

                    30 BC
                     · same figure
                

Death of Edward IV

                    1483
                     · same figure
                

Battle of Edington

                    878
                     · same figure
                

Death of Alfred the Great

                    899
                     · same figure
                

Death of Edward the Confessor

                    1066
                     · same figure
                

Death of King Æthelstan

                    939
                     · same figure
                

Death of Ptolemy XII Auletes

                    51 BC
                     · same figure
                

Birth of Caesarion

                    47 BC
                     · same figure
                