BBC: King Alfred (849 - 899)
- Known as King Alfred (Aelfred) the Great, or King of Wessex, he became ruler of the West Saxons.
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/alfred_king.shtml

Alfred
- Biography for the king of Wessex (871–99), sometimes called Alfred the Great, b. Wantage, Berkshire.
- http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0803304.html

Medieval Sourcebook: Asser's Life of King Alfred
- The contemporary biography of Alfred (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1915).
- http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/asser.html

Alfred The Great
- Outline of the reign of Alfred 'The Great'.
- http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page25.asp