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Death of Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great, on his deathbed, is surrounded by family and advisors in the royal chambers of Winchester Castle. He is dictating his final words and succession plans, while scribes record his comma

Year 899
Date 10/26
Location Winchester Castle, Winchester, England
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:rulership-and-succession

Key Figures

Alfred the Great Ealhswith Edward Bishop Asser
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 206 linked moments

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Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
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Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
C
Coronation of Alfred as King of Wessex
871 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
B
Battle of Edington
878 · same figure
B
Battle of Ashdown
871 · same figure
B
Battle of Reading
871 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
B
Battle of Ashdown
871 · same figure
B
Battle of Edington
878 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same location
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
B
Battle of Ashdown
871 · same figure
C
Coronation of Edward the Elder
900 · same era
C
Coronation of Edward the Elder
900 · follows
B
Battle of Ashdown
871 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
B
Battle of Ashdown
871 · same figure
B
Battle of Edington
878 · same figure
D
Death of Æthelred I of Wessex
871 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
A
Accession of Alfred the Great
871 · same figure
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Alfred the Great
899 · same figure
C
Coronation of Edward the Elder
900 · same era
C
Coronation of Edward the Elder
900 · follows