alfred the great

Alfred the Great (849 - 899), was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English king to be given the epithet "the Great".

Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of his life are described in a work by the Welsh scholar and bishop, Asser. Alfred was a learned man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure.

Alfred is a Catholic and an Eastern Orthodox Church saint and is regarded as a hero of the Christian Church in the Anglican Communion, with a feast day of 26 October.…more

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Alfred The Great

Alfred the Great (849 - 899), was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English king to be given the epithet "the Great".Alfred was the first ...
Guthrum The Dane

King of the Danish Vikings during the Danelaw period. He is mainly known for his conflict with Alfred the Great.more...
Uhtred Of Bebbanburg

Uhtred of Bebbanburg is a fictional character in the Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell. Uhtred is in part based upon the historical Uchtred the Bold who flourished at the start of the 11th century.Uhtred was born into status as son of Ealdorman Uhtred, Lo...
Ubba Ragnarsson

A mid-ninth-century Viking chieftain and one of the commanders of the Great Army, a coalition of Norse warriors that in AD 865 invaded the four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that constituted England. According to tradition, he was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok.&hellip...
Ivar The Boneless

Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, starting in 865. According to tradition, he was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok.more...
Halfdan Ragnarsson

Viking leader and commander of the Great Heathen Army which invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, starting in 865. He was the first King of Jórvík and also claimed the Kingdom of Dublin. According to tradition, he was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok.&hel...
Aethelwulf (king Of Wessex)

Father of Alfred the Great...
Odda Ealdorman Of Devon

Odda, also known as Oddune,[1] was a ninth-century ealdorman of Devon. He is known for his victory at the Battle of Cynwit in 878, where his West Saxon forces defeated a Viking army led by Ubba, brother of the Viking chiefs Ivar the Boneless and Halfdan R...
Bagsecg

agsecg (born: 830-died: 8 January, 871), also known as Bacgsecg, was a viking and a leader of the Great Army, which invaded England. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bagsecg and Healfdene (Norse Hálfdan) were joint commanders of the Great Army that...
Edmund The Martyr

Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869)[note 1] was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death. Edmunds cult flourished in the Early and High Middle Ages, and he and Edward the Confessor wer...
Asser

Asser (died c. 909) was a Welsh monk from St Davids, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St Davids and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. ...