King Alfred was definitely a defining character in The Last Kingdom.Fans really came to like him and they miss him being around. “The best thing about the show and he will be missed,” said ...

Alfred followed up the battle by liberating the ancient city of London, and proclaimed a new title for himself, not King of Wessex, but “King of the Angles and the Saxons.” It was the ...

Alfred the Great Idea was to show that Alfred, Prince of Wessex, who became the first and only British King to be called 'Great', was not just a guy who burned the cakes.

Alfred was born in 849 in the village of Wantage, Oxfordshire, as the son of King Aethelwulf of Wessex. His three older brothers all ruled Wessex before him, with Alfred taking the throne in 871 ...

When Viking invaders tore through 9 th-century Europe, only one Anglo-Saxon leader was able to withstand their ferocious onslaught.King Alfred of Wessex repelled the attacks and laid the ...

Alfred, the only English King to be known as "the Great," was King of Wessex from 871 to 899 and was the first British Monarch to style himself as King of the entire of the Anglo-Saxons. He had a ...

A blue plaque is dedicated to King Alfred the Great, known for defeating the Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878.

Professing Faith: How King Alfred the Great’s… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...