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Alfred the Great riding horse, Alfred of wessex

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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

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Wessex: Media

historical kingdom, United Kingdom

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Alfred

Alfred

Alfred, king of Wessex (reigned 871–899).

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Cerdic

Cerdic

Cerdic, illustration from an edition of John Speed's The Theatre of the Empire...

Wessex

Wessex

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Aethelred I

Aethelred I

Aethelred I (Ethelred).

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