For 10 points, name this ninth-century Anglo-Saxon king who earned his epithet "the Great" by unifying England.
After leading a siege of Chippenham, this ruler negotiated the conversion of King Guthrum in the Treaty of Wedmore. That treaty established an eastern boundary on his territory at Watling Street, separating this man's kingdom from the Danelaw, the (*) Viking territory that once fought his kingdom of Wessex. Bishop Asser chronicled such achievements in the reign of this man, who also translated The Consolation of Philosophy into Old English. For 10 points, name this ninth-century Anglo-Saxon king who earned his epithet "the Great" by unifying England.
After leading a siege of Chippenham, this ruler negotiated the conversion of King Guthrum in the Treaty of Wedmore.
Alfred the Great