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Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex, and son of King Æthelwulf, who ruled England during a time of great pressure from the invading Danes. He was an affable man, a devoutly religious man and the older brother of Alfred
the Great, his second-in-command in the resistance against the invaders.
Together, they defeated the Danish kings Bagseg and Halfdan at the battle
of Ashdown in 870.
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