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 …

Alfred’s intellectual activity breathed fresh life into English education and literature. His capacity for inspiring trust and affection drew the hearts and minds of Englishmen to a common center and began the building of a New England.

Alfred the Great: Scholar, Strategist, Swordsman. Military success—with social and educational reforms—made the saxon king ‘Great.’ This article appears in: Summer 2024

Alfred the Great (Old English Ælfræd; c. 849 — 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. He was the first king from the British Isles to call himself the 'King of the Anglo-Saxons ' and so he is sometimes said to be the first English king .

King Alfred the Great (848/9-899 AD) is one of the most celebrated figures in English history. Renowned for his military prowess, intellectual contributions, and administrative reforms, Alfred’s reign (871-899) marked a turning point in the survival and consolidation of Anglo-Saxon England during the Viking Age.

2019年4月1日 · Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, a defender against Viking invasion and a social reformer; just few of the reasons why he is the only English monarch to be known as “the Great”. Alfred was born in 849 and served as King of Wessex, a Saxon kingdom based in the southwest of modern day England, from 871 to his death on 26th October 899 AD. In ...

2024年6月14日 · King Alfred the Great was the King of Wessex from 871 to 899 CE. He is considered one of the most important figures in English history, known for his military prowess, political acumen, and cultural accomplishments.

2025年2月11日 · Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrēd [a], Ælfrǣd, 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred, also spelled Aelfred, byname Alfred the Great, (born 849—died 899), king of Wessex (871–899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy.

2020年9月18日 · King Alfred the Great (c. 849–899) is one of the most important figures in English history and one of the first named English writers. When he came to the throne of Wessex in 871, almost all of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were under Viking rule.

1995年11月16日 · Warrior, law-giver, and scholar, Alfred the Great was an extraordinarily gifted and highly successful king, pushing back the Vikings to preserve what is now thought of as the heart of England. This book provides a chronological examination of the much-disputed medieval biography of King Alfred, attributed to the king's tutor, Asser.