King Alfred the Great
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Born: 849 at Wantage,
Oxfordshire
Parents: Aethelwulf, King
of Wessex, and Osburh
Relation to Elizabeth II:
32nd great-grandfather
House of: Wessex
Crowned: 871
Married: Ealhswith of
Mercia
Children: 5 children
Died: 899
Buried at: Winchester
·Only King to have
epithet"the Great"
·Defended England
against Danish invasion
and founded the first
English navy
·He encouraged the
translation of scholarly
works from Latin and
promoted the
development of the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
·A new legal code came
into force during his
reign.
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