Alfred the Great
By Kelsey Wilson
Early Life
• 849 AD• Wantage in Berkshire • 4th son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex
Life as King• AD 871• 23• only English monarch known as 'the Great'.• defeated the Danes
Life as King cont. • Reorganized and planned• Settlements• Navy
Life as King cont.
• Innovative• burhs
Foreign relations
• Elias III• Asser
The Alfred Jewel• 1693
Cultural Legacy
• Schools• Translations • Art
Death
• 26th of October• Little Known
• 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