This monarch was sent to Rome at the age of five, where Pope Leo IV is said to have "anointed him as king."
This monarch was sent to Rome at the age of five, where Pope Leo IV is said to have "anointed him as king." He translated several works out of Latin, such as Gregory I's Pastoral Care and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. He spent a winter training troops at the outlaw refuge of Aethelney, before confronting and capturing King Guthrum at the Battle of Edington, after which the Danelaw was established. FTP name this Anglo-Saxon king who ruled from 871 until 899, was succeeded by his son Edward I, and held the Danes at bay.
This monarch was sent to Rome at the age of five, where Pope Leo IV is said to have "anointed him as king."
{Alfred} the Great