According to legend after a battle with the Danes, the English army was broken up and scattered. Alfred fled and was forced to travel anonymously and seek lodging in a peasant woman's hut. Told to mind the cakes cooking on the fire, Alfred let his thoughts wander. The cakes burned, and the peasant woman gave her king a good scolding for his carelessness. Even though he was king and could have punished her he apologized. Alfred the Great (849-899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. He successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England. He is the only English monarch to be accorded the epithet the Great. | |
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