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Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and Æthelwulf's first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and Æthelred, reigned in turn before him. Under Alfred's rule, considerable administrative and military reforms…
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politics · King of Wessex (871 – c. 886); King of the Anglo-Saxons (c. 886 – 899) · monarch · politician · writer · also Alfred the Great, Alfred the Wise, Alfred the Great of Wessex, Alfred, King Alfred, Aelfred
Born 0849 · Died 26 October 0899 · Q83476
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2007· 1 entry
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church canonised "All Saints of the British Isles" including King Alfred
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2002· 1 entry
Alfred was ranked number 14 in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote
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1999· 1 entry
Located a second pit dug in front of where the high altar would have been located, which was identified as probably dating to Mellor's 1866 excavation
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1990· 1 entry
By William Underhill, who was then a professor at the university
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1899· 1 entry
To mark one thousand years since Alfred's death
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1866· 1 entry
Amateur antiquarian John Mellor claimed to have recovered a number of bones from the site which he said were those of Alfred
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0899· 2 entries
Died 0899-10-26.
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“Opis: napis na posągu Alfreda Wielkiego w Winchester.”
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0871· 2 entries
Career landmark: King of Wessex (0871–0899).
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Career landmark: monarch of England (0871–0899).
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0849· 1 entry
Born 0849.
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