Alfred the Great(849 AD-899 AD) - King of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex and one of the outstanding figures of English history, as much for his social and educational reforms as for his military successes
the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex and one of
the outstanding figures of English history, as much for his social and educational reforms as for his military successes against the Danes. He is the only English monarch known as 'the Great'.
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Family Aethelwulf (Father) Aethelstan(1stson) Aethelbald(2ndson) Aethelberht(3rdson) Aethelred(4thson) Alfred(5thson)
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871 AD Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire Succeeded his brother
and became The King of Wessex
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878 AD Battle of Edington Alfred became Guthrum’s(king of Danes)