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Period: 840 to 900
King Alfred the Great
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849
born
alfred was born into family with 4 older brothers -
853
Pilgrimage
traveled to Rome to see the pope at a young age -
868
Leadership
First appeared on active military service when he and his brother king Aethelred went to fight a great danish army in east Anglia -
871
King
Was crowned King of Wessex -
871
Marrige
Married to lady Ealhswith -
886
London
Attacked and captured London from the Danes, which brought all English not under danish rule to accept him as king -
887
Learning
He encouraged learning and literacy throughout his kingdom and he himself translated several book from Latin into English -
893
Biography
The monk Asser wrote a full length biography about Alfred, making him the only Anglo-Saxon king to have suck a text, and it gives us a lot of information on his actions and that time period. -
899
Death
Died still as king of Wessex, was never overthrown.