In 870 AD the Danes attacked the only remaining independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom, Wessex, whose forces were commanded by Alfred's older brother, King Aethelred, and Alfred himself. In 871 AD ...

Leading the West Saxon forces was King Æthelred, and his younger brother, the future Alfred the Great. That year ... lived in the 9th century in Wessex, and was first ordained Bishop of Salisbury ...

Alfred: We have won a great victory, but we can never ... In 937 Athelstan's kingdom, which combined both Wessex and Mercia, came under attack from a combined force of Scots, Irish and Vikings.