Anglo-Saxons | ||
KINGDOM OF WESSEX | ||
Year | King - House of Cerdic | |
425-450 AD | Anglo-Saxon Arrival | |
519-534 AD | Cerdic | |
534-560 AD | Cynric | |
560-591 AD | Ceawlin | |
591-597 AD | Ceol | |
597-611 AD | Ceolwulf | |
611-643 AD | Cynegils | |
643-645 AD | Cenwalh | |
House of Iclin | ||
645-648 AD | Penda (King of Mercia 626-655 AD) | |
House of Cerdic | ||
648-672 AD | Cenwalh (restored) | |
672-674 AD | Seaxburh (queen) | |
674 AD | Cenfus | |
674-676 AD | AEscwine | |
676-685 AD | Centwine | |
685-688 AD | Caedwalla | |
688--726 AD | Ine | |
726-740 AD | AEthelheard | |
740-756 AD | Cuthred | |
756-757 AD | Sigeberht | |
757-786 AD | Cynewulf | |
786-802 AD | Beorhtric (not of the House of Cerdic) | |
802-839 AD | Egbert | |
839-858 AD | AEthelwulf | |
858-860 AD | AEthelbald | |
860-865 AD | AEthelbert | |
865-871 AD | AEthelred I | |
871-899 AD | Alfred 'the Great' | |
899-925 AD | Edward 'the Elder' | |
Wessex becomes the unified Kindom of England |
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Earls of Wessex | ||
1019-1051 AD | Godwin (may have been King) | |
1053-1066 AD | Harold Godwinson (King of England 1066)* | |
1066-1999 AD | Vacant | |
1999- | Edward | |
= Was the most important Anglo-Saxon king of his time and may have been overlord over the other Anglo-Saxon kings as a so called Bretwalda. * = Also earl of East Anglia |