They made peace and Guthrum, their king, was baptised with Alfred as his sponsor. In 886 AD, Alfred negotiated a treaty with the Danes. England was divided, with the north and the east (between ...

Alfred the Great was once a poster-boy for male gallantry, but he fell out of favour in the last century. Now he is ripe for ...

Leading the West Saxon forces was King Æthelred, and his younger brother, the future Alfred the Great. That year ... whose vision inspired the formation of England. Less is known about the ...

One of the most famous Anglo-Saxon kings was Alfred, one of the only kings in British history to be called 'Great'. His father was king of Wessex, but by the end of Alfred's reign his coins ...

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Few kings in English history deserve the epithet great more than Alfred King of Wessex In ... the Danelaw to secure the unity of England The great king also organised his forces into a standing ...