King Alfred the Great

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Danelaw
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:Battle_of_Edington
gptkbp:birthDate 849
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Wantage
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester
gptkbp:canonizedBy yes (in some Christian traditions)
gptkbp:children gptkb:Æthelflæd
gptkb:Æthelgifu
gptkb:Æthelweard
gptkb:Ælfthryth
gptkb:Edward_the_Elder
gptkbp:commemorates gptkb:Alfred_Jewel
statue in Winchester
gptkbp:culturalSignificance revival of learning in England
gptkbp:deathDate 26 October 899
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Winchester
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Athelstan
gptkb:Eadred
gptkb:Edmund_I
gptkbp:educationReform established schools
gptkbp:era gptkb:Early_Middle_Ages
gptkbp:father gptkb:Æthelwulf_of_Wessex
gptkbp:historicalSource gptkb:Asser's_Life_of_King_Alfred
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Alfred the Great
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:legacy considered founder of the English nation
gptkbp:militaryConflict gptkb:Battle_of_Ashdown
gptkb:Battle_of_Ethandun
gptkb:Great_Heathen_Army
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Osburh
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:notableAchievement defeated Viking invasions
promoted education
reformed legal system
translated Latin works into Old English
gptkbp:patronage learning and literacy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Æthelred_I_of_Wessex
gptkbp:reformed issued Doom Book
gptkbp:reignEnd 899
gptkbp:reignStart 871
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ealhswith
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Edward_the_Elder
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:King_of_the_Anglo-Saxons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Winchester
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4