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Alfred the Great By Kelsey Wilson. Early Life 849 AD Wantage in Berkshire 4 th son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex.

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1 Alfred the Great By Kelsey Wilson

2 Early Life 849 AD Wantage in Berkshire 4 th son of King Ethelwulf of Wessex

3 Life as King AD 871 23 only English monarch known as 'the Great'. defeated the Danes

4 Life as King cont. Reorganized and planned Settlements Navy

5 Life as King cont. Innovative burhs

6 Foreign relations Elias III Asser

7 The Alfred Jewel 1693

8 Cultural Legacy Schools Translations Art

9 Death 26th of October 899 AD

10 http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/A/AlfredTheGr eat.html http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/A/AlfredTheGr eat.html http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Alfred_th e_Great.html http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Alfred_th e_Great.html http://www.mirror.org/ken.roberts/king.alfred.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alfred _the_great.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alfred _the_great.shtml http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Alfred_the_ Great.htm http://www.britainexpress.com/History/Alfred_the_ Great.htm

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