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Regents of Wessex
Wessex was the kingdom of the West Saxons which
became the most important Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the ninth century and
united England in the tenth century. The West
Saxons were originally called the "Gewissę"
and their royal house claimed to be the descendants of Odin.
Kingdom of Wessex
House of
Cerdic
519-534
534-560 |
Cerdic
Cynric |
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560-591 |
Ceawlin |
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591-597
597-611
611-643
643-645 |
Ceol
Ceolwulf
Cynegils
Cenwalh |
House of Iclin
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645-648 |
Penda
(king of
Mercia 626-655)
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House of
Cerdic
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648-672
672-674
674
674-676
676-685
685-688
688-726
726-740
740-756
756-757
757-786
786-802 |
Cenwalh (restored)
Seaxburh (queen)
Cenfus
Ęscwine
Centwine
Cędwalla
Ine
Ęthelheard
Cuthred
Sigeberht
Cynewulf
Beorhtric (not from the house of Cerdic) |
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802-839 |
Egbert |
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839-858 |
Ęthelwulf |
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858-860 |
Ęthelbald |
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860-865 |
Ęthelbert |
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865-871 |
Ęthelred I |
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871-899 |
Alfred the Great |
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899-925 |
Edward the Elder |
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Wessex becomes the unified
kingdom of England
Earls of Wessex
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1019-1053
1053-1066
1066-1999
1999- |
Godwin
Harold Godwinson (king of
England 1066)
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Vacant
Edward |
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