Alfred "The Great", King of England

849 - 899  (50 years)

• Name	Alfred "The Great"   [1]
  Suffix	King of England
  Nickname	The Great
  Birth	849  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	King of England; acc. 871; reigned 871-899.
  Death	899  [2]
  Notes	"He repelled various Viking invasions and eventually was accepted as king of all England by both Anglo-Saxons and Danes. He reformed and codified Saxon law and promoted scholarship, translating some Latin works into Anglo-Saxon." He was one of the first to use the vernacular. Annointed by Pope Leo IV. Acc. 871. [2]
  Person ID	I4213	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F3111

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• Sources

  [S144] Stone, D.C., Stone - Ancient and Medieval, (Don Charles Stone, 1995-1998). [S144] Stone, D.C., Stone - Ancient and Medieval, (Don Charles Stone, 1995-1998), Chart 10-14 (Reliability: 3).