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Posted on 03/30/2013 5:24:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Archaeologists dug up an unmarked grave in a quiet English churchyard in search of remains of King Alfred the Great, a ninth century monarch credited with fending off the Vikings.
The exhumation was apparently triggered by fears that interest over the recent discovery of the skeleton of Richard III could lead grave robbers to dig the area for his bones.
Alfred the Great is known to generations of schoolchildren through a popular legend that tells of his scolding by a peasant woman for letting her cakes burn while he watched over them.
He was at the time preoccupied with the problem of how to repel the Danes, who had captured swaths of Anglo-Saxon England.
What is thought to be his grave in the churchyard of St. Bartholomew's Church, in the Hyde area of the ancient city of Winchester, was excavated Monday and Tuesday, the Winchester diocese said in an online release.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
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My 32nd and 33rd great grandfather on my mother’s side, and 31st great grandfather on my father’s side. Also he is Mrs. Submareener’s 30th and 34th great grandfather on her father’s side.
Alfred The Great is buried in Bernard Cornwall’s backyard in Cape Cod, or should be.
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He thought HE had problems with Vikings. He never met a Muslim.
34 Great Grandfather to me. I did not look any farther. Then everyone is related to Charlemagne.
How’d you find that out? That genetic testing outfit or family history? I’d like to know my ancestors, but only know my great grandparents.
www.ancestry.com
Just who was this King? What did he look like? How did he live? And how did he die? We unfold the story of one of England’s greatest kings through the investigation of his 1000 year old remains and the extraordinary world he lived in. | Full Episode | The Search For Alfred The Great | BBC Documentary | YouTube | Published on Feb 17, 2019
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