Alfred: Early Life
Early Life
The youngest son of King Æthelwulf, he was sent in 853 to Rome, where the pope gave him the title of Roman consul. He returned to Rome with his father in 855. His adolescence was marked by ill health and deep religious devotion, both of which persisted for the rest of his life.
Little is known of him during the reigns of his older brothers Æthelbald and Æthelbert, but when Æthelred took the throne (865), Alfred became his
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- Introduction
- Renewed Danish Invasions
- Reforms and Achievements
- Early Wars with the Danes
- Early Life
- Bibliography
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