'Alfred the Great', (c847-899), the Great (c847-899) King of Wessex from 871-c886, King of the Anglo-Saxons c886-899, beat the Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878 and had a reputation as a learned and merciful man. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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