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prevented the danes from conquering england
As per history its 26 October 899 AD
In English history, only King Alfred. Elsewhere, you have Alexander and Peter.
Alfred the Great
King Alfred the Great ruled Wessex from 871-884,it was in 884 that he laid claim to being king of the English.
Alfred the Great, I think.
Alfred the Great was born in Oxfordshire, making him English by birth.
The person you are asking about was King Alfred the Great, one of the most remarkable leaders in English history.
Alfred the Great.
King Alfred the Great
Cromwell was a very important English person, a great figure in history, without a doubt. But he was not really a Briton except in the loosest sense of that word, an inhabitant of Britain. Also, the epithet Great for the head of State is reserved in English history for King Alfred. So the term might well be applied to Cromwell, but it is by no means clear that he "deserved" it.
Alfred has written: 'The will of King Alfred' -- subject(s): Sources, Will, Anglo-Saxons, Wills, History 'A description of Europe' -- subject(s): Description and travel, Voyages and travels 'A description of England and the voyages of Othere and Wulfstan, written in Anglo-Saxon by King Alfred the Great' 'King Alfred's Old English version of Boethius De consolatione philosophiae' -- subject(s): Didactic poetry, English (Old), Medieval Philosophy, Poetry 'The whole works of King Alfred the Great' -- subject(s): Anglo-Saxons, Civilization, Anglo-Saxon 'The pastoral care' 'A description of Europe, and the voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan, written in Anglo-Saxon' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Description and travel 'King Alfred's books' -- subject(s): English literature, Translations into English, Latin literature, History and criticism, Translations into Anglo-Saxon, Translations from Latin 'King Alfred's Orosius' 'Lieder aus Konig Alfreds Trostbuch' -- subject(s): Didactic poetry, English (Old), Translations into German, Medieval Philosophy, Poetry