9th century in England

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 61. Chapters: 9th-century English people, 9th-century establishments in England, Alfred the Great, Egbert of Wessex, Æthelwulf of Wessex, Æthelred of Wessex, Æthelbald of Wessex, Æthelberht of Wessex, Æthelflæd, Coenwulf of Mercia, Edmund the Martyr, Historia de Sancto Cuthberto, Eardwulf of Northumbria, Wiglaf of Mercia, Beorhtwulf of Mercia, Edward the Elder, Battle of Ethandun, Ecgwynn, Royal Mint, Judith of Flanders, Battle of Ashdown, Osberht of Northumbria, Ceolwulf II of Mercia, Ælla of Northumbria, Eadred Lulisc, Battle of Ellandun, Battle of Cynwit, Æthelwold of Wessex, Eadburh, Battle of Reading, Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, Æthelwold's Revolt, Eanred of Northumbria, Osburh, Æthelweard of East Anglia, Great Heathen Army, Eohric of East Anglia, Beornwulf of Mercia, Battle of Englefield, Ealhswith, Battle of Marton, Ecgberht II of Northumbria, Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, Burgred of Mercia, Synod of Chelsea, Battle of Basing, Redburga, Ecgberht I of Northumbria, Æthelred II of Northumbria, Ælfwald II of Northumbria, Rædwulf of Northumbria, Æthelstan of Wessex, Æthelstan of East Anglia, Cuthred of Kent, Ricsige of Northumbria, Baldred of Kent, Sigered of Essex, Ceolwulf I of Mercia, Wulfrida, Ludeca of Mercia, Odda of Devon, Æthelred II of East Anglia, Ælfflæd of Mercia, Oswald of East Anglia, Æthelric son of Æthelmund. Excerpt: Alfred the Great (Old English: , "elf counsel"; 849 - 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, becoming the only English monarch still to be accorded the epithet "the Great". Alfred was the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of his life are described in a work by the 10th century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred was a learned man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure. He is regarded as a saint by some Catholics, but has never been officially canonized. The Anglican Communion venerates him as a Christian hero, with a feast day of 26 October, and he may often be found depicted in stained glass in Church of England parish churches. Prince Alfred on his first boar-hunt. Queen Osburga reads for her son Alfred, who would become Alfred the Great. Alfred was born in the village of Wanating, now Wantage, Oxfordshire. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, by his first wife, Osburga. In 868 Alfred married Ealhswith, daughter of Æthelred Mucil. At the age of five years, Alfred is said to have been sent to Rome where, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he was confirmed by Pope Leo IV who "anointed him as king". Victorian writers interpreted this as an anticipatory coronation in preparation for his ultimate succession to the throne of Wessex. However, his succession could not have been foreseen at the time, as Alfred had three living elder brothers. A letter of Leo IV shows that Alfred was made a "consul"; a misinterpretation of this investiture, deliberate or accidental, could explain later confusion. It may also be based on Alfred's later having accompanied his father on a pilgrimage to Rome where he spent some time at the court of Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, around 854-855. On their return from Rome in 856, Æthelwulf was deposed by his

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