Alfred the Great

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Alfred the Great

• By Kelsey Wilson

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Early Life

• 849 AD
• Wantage in Berkshire
• 4th son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex

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Life as King

• AD 871
• 23
• only English monarch known as 'the Great'.
• defeated the Danes

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Life as King cont.

• Reorganized and planned
• Settlements
• Navy

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Life as King cont.

• Innovative
• burhs

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Foreign relations

• Elias III
• Asser

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The Alfred Jewel

• 1693

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Cultural Legacy

• Schools
• Translations
• Art

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Death

• 26th of October
• Little Known

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