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King Alfred, known as "Alfred the Great" was a King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Shortly after he inherited the kingdom, England was invaded by the Danes and he was forced to flee to what is now the county of Somerset. There is a popular legend, arising from a history written over 200 years later, that he was given refuge by a peasant woman who did not recognise him. The story is that she asked him to watch some cakes which she had left cooking, and because he was pre-occupied with his kingly problems he forgot about the cakes and allowed them to burn. He was scolded by the peasant woman, who apologised when she realised who he was, upon which Alfred insisted that it was he who should apologise.

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