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Alfred the Great

 Alfred successfully defended his kingdom

against the Viking attempt at conquest,

and by the time of his death had become

the dominant ruler in England. He is one

of only two English monarchs to be given

the epithet "the Great", the other being the

Scandinavian Cnut the Great. He was also

the first King of the West Saxons to style

himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details

of Alfred's life are described in a work by

the 10th-century Welsh scholar and

bishop Asser.