[DOC] [TLE] King Alfred the Great - Wikipedia [PAR] Alfred the Great (849  26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899. ... 
He was also the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-
Saxons". ... Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious 
and .... moreover, Alfred was to have control over the Mercian city of London and 
its... [DOC] [TLE] Great Heathen Army - Wikipedia [PAR] The Great Viking Army or Great Danish Army, known by the Anglo-Saxons as the 
Great ... By this time, only the kingdom of Wessex had not been conquered by the 
.... The Vikings had been defeated by the West Saxon King thelwulf in 851, ... 
the Great Heathen Army wintered in London before returning to Northumbria. [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Edington - Wikipedia [PAR] At the Battle of Edington an army of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex under 
Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army led by Guthrum on a date 
between 6 and 12 May AD 878. ... By 870, the northmen had conquered the 
kingdoms of Deira and East Anglia, and in 871 ..... London: J.C.Francis and J.E.
Francis. [DOC] [TLE] Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 880-927 [PAR] 883. English encamped against the enemy army at London ... The Anglo-Saxon 
Chronicle records that the city held out until Alfred came with his army, .... Though 
the summer of 896 saw the departure of the Vikings who had come in 892, East ... 
S. Keynes, "The West Saxon Charters of King thelwulf and His Sons", English... [DOC] [TLE] Avalon Project - The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : Ninth Century [PAR] A.D. 823. This year a battle was fought between the Welsh in Cornwall and the ... 
and King Egbert, in the course of the same year, conquered the Mercian kingdom
, ... Him Offa, King of Mercia, and Bertric, the West-Saxon king, drove out of .... 
Alfred, his third son, Ethelwulf had sent to Rome; and when the pope heard say 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Anglo Saxon England [PAR] He installed the Jutish leader, Hengist, as king of Kent. ... bitterly but after about 
15 years the Saxons had conquered all of Sussex. ... By about 670 AD the West 
Saxons had captured Exeter. .... Guthrum took London, East Anglia and all the 
territory east of the old Roman road, ... War with the Danes continued in 895-896. [DOC] [TLE] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: O'Brien-Gulliver Family Tree [PAR] Jul 20, 2006 ... Alfred is the only English king to bear the title "The Great. .... between AD 892 and 
896 armies containing of Wessex, Powysian and Mercian ... By 886 he had 
captured the city of London, and soon afterward he was ... Edward (The Elder) 
King of West SAXONS b: 871 in Wessex, England; Has Children... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about HISTORIC LEADERS - StudyStack [PAR] BY 896 A.D., THIS WEST SAXON KING HAD CAPTURED THE CITY OF 
LONDON ...... APSLEY HOUSE, THE LONDON HOME OF THIS HISTORIC DUKE
,... [DOC] [TLE] The invaders [PAR] Finally most were driven into the mountains in the far west, which the Saxons 
called ... Because the Anglo-Saxon kings often established settlements, Kingston 
is a ... Note: A silver penny showing Offa, king of Mercia (ad 757-896). ..... Edward 
started a new church fit for a king at Westminster, just outside the city of London. [DOC] [TLE] Alfred and Vikings - United States Naval Academy [PAR] Jul 20, 2009 ... Anglo-Saxon Chronicle s.a. 787: And in [King Beohtric's] days came for the first ... 
By the late eighth century and the ninth century the viking ship had evolved 
considerably. ... Viking sea tactics were designed to capture ships, not to sink 
them. .... The vikings did attack and devastate West Francia and Britain . [DOC] [TLE] BBC - History : British History Timeline [PAR] By 430 AD his followers had built the first Christian church in Scotland, at

Question: By 896 A.D. this West Saxon king had captured the city of London
Answer: Alfred the Great