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Alfred THE GREAT Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0849 | | Death Date | 0899 | | Father | Aethelwulf king of Wessex | Born: 0795 Wessex Kingdom, England | Died: 0858 JAN 13 | | Mother | Osbuga | Born: 0807 | Died: 0855 | | Alfred
Notes: | Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England.[1] He is one of only two English monarchs to be given the epithet "the Great", the other being the Scandinavian Cnut the Great. He was also the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of Alfreds life are described in a work by the 10th-century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be taught in English, and improved his kingdoms legal system, military structure and his peoples quality of life. In 2002, Alfred was ranked number 14 in the BBCs poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.
| |  | | Birth Date | 0852 Gaini Tribal Lands, Mercian Kingdom, England | | Death Date | 0905 St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England | | Father | Aethelred | Born: 0825 | Died: 0866 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Ealhswith of Mercia Notes: | Occupation: Queen of the Anglo-Saxons, Became a nun at widowhood drottning, Saint after death, Queen of England, Dronning av England, a nun at St. Marys Abbey, Queen, Queen Consort of Wessex, QUEEN OF ENGLAND, Drottning av Wessex | | |
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