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|name=Alfred

|name=Alfred

|image=Alfred.jpg

|image=Alfred.jpg

|birth_date=May 12, 849<ref>https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L8MB-ZF7/king-alfred-the-great-0849-0899</ref>

|birth_date=849

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|death_date=October 26, 899

|death_date=October 26, 899

|succeeded=[[Edward the Elder]]

|succeeded=[[Edward the Elder]]

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

'''Alfred the Great''' (849 - October 26, 899) was King of [[Wessex]] who defended [[England]] against the [[Vikings]], often regarded as one of the greatest English kings.

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.