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Wedding of King Alfred the Great of England, 1835. Creator: Sigmund Ferdinand von Perger. Wedding of King Alfred the Great of England, 1835. In 868, King Alfred the Great (848/49-99) married Ealhswith (c. 852-902), daughter of a Mercian nobleman. Here Alfred holds a transparent veil over her, while people watch in the foreground.. Ealhswith is commemorated as a saint in the Christian East and the West. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)