Alfred styled himself King of the Anglo - Saxons .
While Alfred was not the first king to lay claim to rule all of the English , Alfred 's rule represents the first unbroken line of Kings to rule the whole of England , the House of Wessex .
Alfred styled himself King of the Anglo - Saxons and while he was not the first king to lay claim to rule all of the English , his rule represents the first unbroken line of Kings to rule the whole of England , the House of Wessex .