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• Name	SCOTLAND, Donald D.
  Prefix	King
  Suffix	Vi
  Birth	862	Forres, Morayshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Burial	Apr 900	St. Orans Chapel, Iona, Kingdom of the Isles
  Death	13 Apr 900	Forres, Morayshire, Scotland   [1]
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  Person ID	I29722	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SCOTLAND, King Constantine I ,   b. 832, Iona, Alba Iona, Albad. 877, Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 860	Scotland   [2]
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 21 Apr 1970
  Family ID	F16754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SCOTLAND Queen ,   b. Abt 866, Scotland Scotlandd. DECEASED
  Marriage	894	Scotland   [1, 3]
  Children	3 sons
  + 1. SCOTLAND, King Malcolm I ,   b. Abt 897, Scotland Scotlandd. 958, Fordoun, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 61 years)   2. DASACHTACH, Prince Eugene ,   b. Abt 899, Scotland Scotlandd. DECEASED   3. SCOTLAND, Constantine II ,   b. 901, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland Forres, Morayshire, Scotlandd. 940, Forres, Morayshire, Scotland (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F16753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  --Other Fields Ref Number: 6096 Ref: Duckett, Alfred the Great, pp. 21-31 and 189-191. Alfred's mother Osburh enjoyed reading Anglo-Saxon verses to her children, and Alfred was a particularly apt pupil, curious and eager to learn. It is said that his mother offered to her four sons a prize to be given to the first boy who learned to read a book of Anglo Saxon poems. By sheer diligence and the help of his tutor, the five year old Alfred, the youngest child, memorized the poems and won the prize, that very book.Alfred did not, however, learn to read Anglo Saxon until his twelfth year, in part because of the great lack of education of even royal children at that time. Before he was seven, Alfred had traveled to Rome twice, and had been confirmed by Pope Leo IV. Ref: Michael St. John Parker, Britain's Kings and Queens (London: Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., 1988), pp. 2-4. Duckett, Alfred the Great, p. 85.) Alfred became King of the West Saxons (Wessex) in 871. He saved Wessex from Danishconquest, laid the basis for the unification of England under his monarchy, and led a revival of learning and literature. He was such an outstanding leader in both war and peace that he was deemed the Great. Alfred is the only English king tobe so titled. Alfred inherited a long-standing feud with the Danes. He finally conquered Gunthrun the Dane at the Battle of Ethandune (Edington) in 878, and compelled the survivors to sign the peace of Wedmore. This successful campaign diminshed the Viking threat, but could not remove it. The Danes broke the peace, which culminated in their major defeat in 886. This Conquest of London was Alfred's greatest military victory. The Danes withdrew to the eastern third of England,and all the English people not subject to the Danes, both in and out of Wessex, then recognized Alfred as their king. Ref: The World Book Encyclopedia, 1985 ed. S.v. Robert S. Hoyt, "Alfred the Great." Duckett, Alfred the Great. Alfred built forts at strategic points and stationed a fleet of ships along the coast to protect his kingdom, thus forming the basis for the first British navy. He issued a great code of laws to improve government (probably ca 890). We still have that code in its Anglo-Saxon words, and its introduction declares that Alfrd's laws were based on the Ten Commandments. Alfred brought educators to Wessex from Wales, to supplant the decline of scholarship that the Danes engendered through theirlooting of monasteries and churches (the only centers of learning). In the last twelve years of his life, Alfred was giving all the time he could spare from the continuing campaigns of war and the burden of government to his work of enlightening the ignorance of his people by making books available to them in their own language. He helped translate books from Latin into Anglo-Saxon, and he kept a record of current events. Called the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the record was continuedafter his death until 1154. It is the best source for Anglo-Saxon history. Alfred's ideology became apparent in his Latin Consolation of Philosophy. In it he drew upon the works of others to compile his own philosophies. His strong faith is exemplified here. "All is of God, the greater and the less: the sun and the little stars which twinkle in the right; the tiny brook which runs to meet the river and the river winding to the sea; all come from Him and find in Him once more their home. As the wall of every house is fastened securely both upon the floor and in the roof, so God is both floor and roof for the soul of every man." By such simple words and illustrations of everyday life. Alfred tried to pass on to hismen of Wessex his profound philosophy and faith. His faith was also shown in Alfred's regular generosity to the church. Alfred's creativity was shown on many occasions. In order to reckon time throughout the right and on shadowless days, he ordered candles, calculated to last four hours, to be made. These were burned in succession, and although many variables would be interest in such a plan, it does demonstrate Albert's inventive mind. Both for what he did and for what he was Alfred has become known to all generations of Englishmen as their best and greatest king. On his death bed, he spoke this meesage: "This I can now most truly say, that I have sought to live worthily while I lived, and after my life to leave to men who come after me a remembering of me in good works." His five axioms were: (1) A wise God governs. (2) All suffering may be accounted blessing. (3) God is the chiefest good. (4) Only the good are happy. (5) The fore-knowledge of God does not conflict with man's free will. GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Donald Dasachtach DEATH: Also shown as Died 903

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Robert Palmer; Male; Death: 24 APR 1582; Spouse: Bridget West; Marriage: About 1497 Of, Parham, Sussex, England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 01 Oct 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. King of Scot. Constantine I; Male; Death: 0877; Spouse: Mrs. Constantine I; Marriage: About 0860 , , Scotland; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 30 Sep 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. King of Scot. Donald II; Male; Death: 0900; Father: King of Scot. Constantine I; Mother: Mrs. Constantine I; Spouse: Mrs. Queen of Scot. Donald II; Marriage: About 0895 , , Scotland; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 30 Sep 2004