Alfred the great

What made Alfred, the most famous and celebrated of all Anglo-Saxon kings, so great?

A timeline of events in the life of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899 CE), king of Wessex in Britain. (Alfred statue at Winchester by Odejea)

To try to locate more of the royal bones, archaeologists may excavate at the site of the city's medieval Abbey where the pelvic fragment was originally found

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Image taken from: Title: "The History of the Kingdom of Scotland ... to the happy Union of both kingdoms ... in 1602 ... By Richard Burton (N. Crouch) . A new edition, with woodcut portraits [of the first part of 'The History of the Kingdoms of Scotland and Ireland.'] [Edited by James Caulfield.] L.P" Author(s): Caulfield, James, bookseller [person] ; R. B., approximately 1632-approximately 1725 [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 9512.h.5" Page: 74 (scanned page number - not…

There has been a common belief that King Alfred the Great established the Royal Navy during his reign. However, this is not true - his predecessors were creating naval fleets at least 20 years before he came to throne.

King Alfred the Great leading the Anglo-Saxons against Viking invaders

Today is the anniversary of the death in 899 of Alfred the Great, one of the most attractive figures of Anglo-Saxon history. There are all sorts of reasons to love Alfred, 'England's darling' (as he was called by the twelfth century): defender of his kingdom against the Vikings, law-maker, pioneer of the navy, patron of the church - all that good stuff. But I like him most for his educational and literary interests. Any competent king might win battles and make good laws - but how many…

Ogden's Cigarettes "Leaders of Men" (series of 50 issued in 1924) #2 Alfred the Great (848-900) "the noblest of English Kings"

Anglo-Saxon Monarch. The son of King Aethelwulf and his queen, Osburga. He married Ealswitha of Mercia in 868, and succeeded his brother Aethelred in 871. Known as one of the greatest kings ever to rule mankind, his reign began amidst devasting viking raids. He defended his kingdom effectively, formulated a code of...