Alfred the Great (849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Seen here is a Victorian portrayal of the 12th-century legend of Alfred burning the cakes. James William Edmund Doyle - Doyle, James William Edmund (1864) "Alfred" in A Chronicle of England: 55 – 1485, public domain image.

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