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Given Name: The Great (King of the West Saxons in England)
Surname: Alfred
Biographical Dictionary ID: 1095
Birth: 848 Or 849
Death: 901
Notes: Son of King Aethelwulf and Osburga, the daughter of a nobleman. Assumed the throne on the death of his brother, Aethelred in 871. Fought against the Danes in England and established many schools and fortresses.

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Alfred the Great - Us & British Isle, Joseph Thomas Biographical Dictionary; 1890
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