Alfred the Great

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Alfred the Great

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Alfred the Great 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 Ethelwulf and Ethelwulf's first wife Osburh who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers — Ethelbald, Ethelbert and Ethelred — reigned in turn before him. Under Alfred's rule considerable administrative and military reform... Episode artwork: Artist: Samuel Woodforde (attributed). License: Public domain. Content adapted from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great), used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

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