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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 849
- Died
- 26 October 899, 899
- Conflict
- Battle of Wareham, Battle of Marton, Battle of Basing, Battle of Edington, Battle of Buttington
- Place of birth
- Wantage
- Place of death
- Winchester
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Alfred
- Father
- Æthelwulf
- Mother
- Osburh
- Spouse
- Ealhswith
- Sibling
- Æthelswith, Æthelbald, Æthelberht, Æthelred I, Æthelstan of Kent
- Occupation
- monarch, politician, writer
- Position held
- monarch of England, King of Wessex
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Religion
- Christianity
- canonization status
- saint
- depicted by
- Head of King Alfred (after Rysbrack)
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia, Encyclopedic Lexicon, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyklopedja Kościelna, Library of the World's Best Literature, The New Student's Reference Work
- family
- House of Wessex
- feast day
- October 26
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Old English
- medical condition
- Crohn's disease
- name in native language
- Ælfrēd Micela
- notable work
- The pastoral care, The soliloquies, Psalms
- place of burial
- Winchester
- topic's main category
- Category:Alfred the Great
- writing language
- Old English
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