They made peace and Guthrum, their king, was baptised with Alfred as his sponsor. In 886 AD, Alfred negotiated a treaty with the Danes. England was divided, with the north and the east (between ...

However, he had to immediately defend his throne from Guthrum, a Viking warlord. Alfred ... the Great’s grandson. He reigned between AD925 and AD939 and was the very first ‘King of all England’.

A rare coin minted by a Viking warlord after he became a Christian king ... known as Guthrum, who led a Danish invasion of Anglo-Saxon England and waged war against Alfred the Great.