dirtnapp / is alfred the great alive or dead?
Alfred the Great
king of Wessex (r. 872–901)
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 849
- died
- 899
- age at death
- 50
- known for
- monarch, politician, writer
849 – 899
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where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for Alfred the Great in 899, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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