Alfred the Great

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Alfred the Great (c. 849 – 26 October 899) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defense of the kingdom against the Danish Vikings, becoming the only English King to be awarded the epithet “the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself “King of the Anglo-Saxons".

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England, viking danish attack invasion defeat, anglo saxon king ruler

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Rev. C. Arthur Lane Illustrated Notes on English Church History (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1901)

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