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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• 899 AD
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• http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/A/AlfredTheGreat.html
• http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Alfred_the_Great.html
• http://www.mirror.org/ken.roberts/king.alfred.html• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alfred
_the_great.shtml• http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Alfred_the_
Great.htm