An English King from the 9th or 10th Century, Possibly King Alfred

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Illustration of an English king between AD 800 and 1000. The king is very likely King Alfred who reigned from 871-899. The king is wearing a tunic and fur-trimmed cloak, along with striped tights and no shoes. He is looking up in an awkward position. His crown has three prongs. Both hands are raised in the air.

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king, Crown, dancing, crowns, kings, alfred the great, English king, British kings, Danes, King Alfred, striped tights

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Complete Costumes, Individual Men, Miscellaneous Medieval Illustrations

Source

Samuel Bannister Harding, Ph.D., Assisted by Margaret Snodgrass, A.M. The Story of Europe: From the Times of the Ancient Greeks to the Colonization of America, An Elementary History for the Sixth Grade, Based Upon the Report of the Committee of Eight to the American Historical Association (Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1912) 150

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