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Osburh. Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrǣd [ˈæɫvˌræːd]; c. 849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.
Oct 11, 2008 · Memorials of King Alfred, being essays on the history and antiquities of England during the ninth century, the age of King Alfred. Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Jul 29, 2013 · Alfred the Great (871-899) and Eadred (946-955) are the only Anglo-Saxon kings whose wills have survived to the present day, both of which are found in the same manuscript, British Library Add MS 82931, known as the Liber de Hyda and a recent upload to our Digitised Manuscripts site. Opening...
Feb 6, 2013 · King Alfred’s Monument, Athelney Island, Somerset, England. The Viking King Guthrum ruled the Danelaw (northern England) and parts of Mercia and Northumbria in the late-ninth century. He then set his sights on the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex, ruled by Alfred the Great.
Memorials of King Alfred: Being Essays on the History and Antiquities of England During the Ninth Century, the Age of King Alfred, by Various Authors John Allen Giles B. Franklin , 1969...
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- the University of Michigan
- John Allen Giles
- B. Franklin, 1969
Aug 3, 2018 · After the rocky start to his reign, Alfred’s fortunes improved. He won major battles and secured his territories. There was such a revival of learning in the 890s that Alfred’s name became associated with one of the first major flowerings of English literature.
Feb 25, 2016 · The only English monarch to earn the epithet “Great” and who was esteemed highly by the later Victorians who considered him something of a philosopher-king, Alfred (b. 849–d. 899; r. 871–899), King of Wessex, was the youngest son of Æthelwulf.
