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When did Alfred became king of the West Saxons and overlord of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Essex?

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Upon Æthelred's death after Easter in 871, Alfred became king of the West Saxons and overlord of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Essex.

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