Who is King Alfred in The Last Kingdom?

The sickly king dreaming England into existence · Wessex & the Church

King Alfred (The sickly king dreaming England into existence) is a character in The Last Kingdom, part of Wessex & the Church. Alfred of Wessex burns with two fires: the illness eating his gut and the idea no one else can see — England, one kingdom under one God, assembled from the wreckage the Danes haven't taken yet. He is the show's great calculator: pious to the bone, ruthless by paperwork, forgiving exactly as far as utility requires. His decades-long use of the pagan Uhtred — needed, distrusted, never thanked aloud — is the series' central marriage of opposites, and his deathbed accounting of it is the show's finest hour.

When does King Alfred first appear?

King Alfred first appears in Season 1, Episode 1 of The Last Kingdom (2015–2022, Netflix).

Who is King Alfred connected to?

Relationships already established when King Alfred first appears — nothing from later episodes.

• Father Beocca — The court's rumpled conscience

Which group does King Alfred belong to?

By the time King Alfred appears, Wessex & the Church also includes Father Beocca.

Who else is introduced in this episode?

• Uhtred of Bebbanburg — Saxon born, Dane raised — destiny is all
• Brida — Saxon-born, Dane to the marrow — the road not taken
• Ragnar the Younger — The Dane brother — the hall that was home
• Father Beocca — The priest who never gave up on the arseling

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