Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great

1. His battle against the vikings

   • The viking have taken over most of England
   • The viking have totally surrounded Alfred
   • Alfred and his Brother Aethelred joined forces with the king of Nottingham and lead a force of men into Nottingham to fight the vikings and won
   • The Vikings decied to attack Wessex (that was where Alfred lived) and Alfred and Aethelred lead another army and once again won but sadly Aethelred died
     • His battle with the vikings
       • He realized that the vikings had taken over most of
     • His battles against the vikings
       • The vikings had taken over most of England

2. Alfred's Family

   • Aethelwulf was his father
   • Ecgberht was Aethewulf's father so Alfred's grandfather
   • Aethelred was Alfred's bother
   • Aethelflead was his Daughter
   • Edward was his son
   • Edmund was his grandson
     • Edmund was his grandson
   • Ealhswith was his wife
   • Ealhswith was his wife

3. What did he do when the War was over ?

   • What did he do when the war was over ?
     • He founded many schools because of all the war and fighting many people had forgot education so many people from Rome came to be teachers in Alfred´s schools
       • He had a peace treaty made with the vikings
       • He rebuilt all the monasteries that were destroyed by the vikings
   • He made a peace treaty with the vikings
   • He rebuilt many of the monasites that had been destroyed by the vikings
   • He made a book of laws called "the book of doom"
   • He created a navy to protect the mainland from other invaders that were not the vikings (Not anymore)

4. What was the Peace treaty ?

   • The peace treaty was a signed paper between the vikings and the english people that the vikings wouldn't attack the english and that the english wouldn't attack the vikings
   • That there would be peace between the two nations

5. Facts about him

   • He was the king to rule most land in the united kingdom (or england at that time
   • he won many battles against lots of people
   • He really helped England