King Alfred’s extensive military reforms are put to the test as three large Viking armies simultaneously invade the territories of Wales, Mercia and Wessex. Hastein replaces Guthrum as Alfred's ...

Alfred the Great (849 AD - 899 AD) a; b; c ... 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 ...

Alfred kept Wessex in the southwest, Guthrum took the Viking lands in the North East, known as the Danelaw. Over time Alfred brought the English kingdoms together and his coins call him the King ...

King Alfred’s three older brothers had all briefly held the throne before Alfred was elevated to the kingship in 871. Behind the political conflicts of the day there was a religious contest.

An unmarked grave in a quiet English churchyard has been dug up by archaeologists looking for the remains of King Alfred the Great, a ninth century monarch.

Alfred the Great (849 AD - 899 AD) a; b; c ... 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 ...

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