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• 899 AD

• 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