In real life, she would end up running the place after her elderly husband's death soon after. The Edge On The Sword is told from his daughter Æthelflæd's perspective and deals with him marrying her to King Aethelred of Mercia in alliance.He ended at #14 in 100 Greatest Britons.In Vikings, he has to deal with the invading Danes in England and reunite the Anglo-Saxons under the Wessex banner.As befitting his capabilities, his faction is the recommended start for newcomers to the game/genre. Alfred and his faction are one of the 10 playable ones in Thrones of Britannia: A Total War Saga.It is possible to reenact his task of defeating the Vikings and founding the Kingdom of England. Alfred is a playable character in Crusader Kings II and Crusader Kings III (at the 867 CE bookmark) as the Earl of Dorset and his brother Aethelred I's vassal.
ALFRED OF WESSEX SERIES
In the TV series adaptation The Last Kingdom he is played by David Dawson. It is also notable that he is one of the few people Uhtred has genuine respect for.
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His translations were part of an effort to make English (rather than Latin) the scholarly language of his kingdom.Īnd what's he remembered for? Burning some cakes. He was also a scholarly monarch, translating several Latin works into Old English, including the Soliloquies of Augustine of Hippo and the Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius. He was also the father of Queen Æthelflæd of Mercia. His small realm was to become the cornerstone of what is now England. He even personally wrote commentaries on ancient literature. During his reign, he held off the Viking invaders and converted the Danes to Catholicism after defeating their king, Guthrum.Īlfred also was helpful in standardizing the laws and customs of the realm (compiling them into a law book known as the Doom Book note Doom as in judgment, not condemnation) and encouraged learning, successfully making Old English the second literary language of western Europe (only after Latin!) in his time. He took the throne after the death of his father and brothers.
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He was born the fifth son of Aethulwulf, king of the obscure, semi-civilized Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex (roughly, southwestern England from about Berkshire to Devon, with occasional overlordship over the southern counties eastward to Kent).
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Alfred the Great (849 - 26 October 899) was one of the most venerated rulers in British history, the only one to receive the title "The Great" aside from Cnut.