He established a new legal code with the Book of Dooms, and at the Battle of Ashdown he defeated the forces of the man with whom he would later sign the Peace of Wedmore.  
When this ruler visited Rome at age five, Pope Leo IV dressed him in the robes and sword belt of a Roman consul.  He established a new legal code with the Book of Dooms, and at the Battle of Ashdown he defeated the forces of the man with whom he would later sign the Peace of Wedmore.  He personally translated from Latin works such as Bede's Ecclesiastical History and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy.  The fifth son of Aethelwulf, he defeated Guthrum's forces at Edington, pushing them back into Northumbria and East Anglia and retaking London in about 885.  For 10 points, name this king of Wessex, the only "Great" English king.
When this ruler visited Rome at age five, Pope Leo IV dressed him in the robes and sword belt of a Roman consul.  
Alfred the Great