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Name: King Alfred the Great
Born: c.849 at Wantage, Berkshire
Parents: Aethelwulf and Osburh
Relation to Charles III: 33rd great-grandfather
House of: Wessex
Became King: 871
Married: Ealhswith of Mercia
Children: 5 children, Aethelflaed, Edward, Aethelgifu, Aethelweard, and Aelfthryth
Died: October 26, 899
Buried at: Winchester
Succeeded by: his son Edward

Anglo-Saxon king 871�899 who defended England against Danish invasion and founded the first English navy.

He became King of Wessex after his brother Aethelred died in 871, and a new legal code came into force during his reign. He encouraged the translation of scholarly works from Latin (some he translated himself), and promoted the development of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.

This ensured that his deeds were recorded in history as legends and we know more about him than any other Anglo Saxon King.

Alfred was born at Wantage, historically in Berkshire but currently in Ox