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King Alfred the Great is the only English king ever to have had the name, “Great.”  He lived and reigned during the second half of the 9th c., and he rose to greatness in what is likely the darkest hour of English history.  His royal family had fallen to a palace coup, the British Isles were under constant Viking siege, and his own people turned on him early in his reign.  Amidst the hardship, King Alfred rose to become an English king whose vision for his island nation still bears fruit among the world’s most prosperous and free nations even today.  Below, I offer some reasons why he’s considered “Great.”