In Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which English king opposes Eivor's Viking settlement?

Alfred the Great is the English king who opposes Eivor's Viking settlement in Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

The game is set mainly in ninth-century England, where Eivor leads a Norse clan from Norway and establishes a settlement in England. Alfred, historically king of Wessex, is a major political and military figure in the story. His forces resist the Viking armies and settlements that challenge the existing Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Valhalla presents Alfred as both an opponent and a complex historical character. His relationship with Eivor develops through alliances, conflict, and revelations connected to the Order of the Ancients. The game uses fictionalized events alongside recognizable people and places from the period.

Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson lived centuries later, during the events surrounding the Norman Conquest. Richard the Lionheart belongs to the twelfth century, so none is the correct contemporary king.