A tower known as the "folly" of this king was built near Egbert's Stone, where this monarch rallied his forces before the Battle of Ethandun.
A tower known as the "folly" of this king was built near Egbert's Stone, where this monarch rallied his forces before the Battle of Ethandun. This monarch fortified his kingdom through establishing a system of "burhs". This king's son defeated the forces of Eowlis at Tettenhall; that son was responsible for the annexing of London and Oxford. Mosaic Law and the laws of such previous rulers as Aethelbehrt were synthesized in this ruler's law code, the Doom Book. After this man and his brother lost the Battle of Reading, they came back to defeat Halfdan at the Battle of Ashdown. For 10 points, name this translator Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy and victor against Guthrum at the Battle of Edington, a ruler of Wessex and the first king of a united England.
A tower known as the "folly" of this king was built near Egbert's Stone, where this monarch rallied his forces before the Battle of Ethandun.
Alfred the Great [or Alfred I; prompt on "Alfred of Wessex" before mention of Wessex; prompt on "Alfred"]