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
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
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)
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
Facts about him
He was the king to rule most land in the united
kingdom (or england at that time