Alfred was born at Wantage in Oxfordshire in ... this was aimed at preventing a child inheriting the throne with the related weaknesses in leadership. In 870 AD the Danes attacked the only ...

However, he had to immediately defend his throne from Guthrum, a Viking warlord. Alfred flees and hid in the Somerset Levels. So far, Alfred the not so great. But eventually Alfred regrouped and ...

King Alfred, dubbed Alfred the Great, was one of Britain’s outstanding ... Saxon Alfred was born in Wantage, Oxfordshire, in 849 and came to the throne at 22 when the Vikings were rampaging ...

The Last Kingdom is on Netflix and here we take a look at some of the main characters from the show and how they compare to real-life people ...

Alternative heirs to the English throne were named today following ... Edgar the Aetheling or Alfred the Great. More than 500 people contacted the appeal and around 150 were shortlisted, A quarter ...

Alfred the Great © King of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex and one of the outstanding figures of English history, as much for his social and educational ...