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[[Image:Alfred.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Alfred the Great]]  

[[Image:Alfred.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Alfred the Great]]  

'''Alfred the Great''' lived from 849 to 899 AD and was King of [[Wessex]] who defended [[England]] against the [[Vikings]].

'''Alfred the Great''' (849 - 899) was King of [[Wessex]] who defended [[England]] against the [[Vikings]].

There is a well known story of a king who, after being defeated in battle, was forced to take refuge in the marshes and act as a serving man for a poor woman living there.  One day the woman asked him to watch some cakes she was baking, and the hapless king assented.  The king was quickly lost in his thoughts, and after some time awoke with a start to see the woman gesticulating towards the charred cakes and rating him for his carelessness and lack of thrift.

There is a well known story of a king who, after being defeated in battle, was forced to take refuge in the marshes and act as a serving man for a poor woman living there.  One day the woman asked him to watch some cakes she was baking, and the hapless king assented.  The king was quickly lost in his thoughts, and after some time awoke with a start to see the woman gesticulating towards the charred cakes and rating him for his carelessness and lack of thrift.