Permanent historical factsheet

Rule of Wessex

England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

560–1016Date range

5Named people

1Places

Chronological records

560

Ceawlin560

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Organizes a Confederation to drive Britons out of Wessex

830

Egbert830

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Egbert rules Wessex & its dependent Kingdoms of Surrey, Sussex, Kent & Essex

856

Ethelwulf856

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Ethelwulf is left with Kent, Sussex, Surrey & Essex for himself

899

Edward the Elder899

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Unites Wessex & Mercia

1016

Edmund II Ironside1016

Wessex · House / House of Wessex

Agrees to divide the Kingdom of England with Canute after the Battle of Ashingdon

Names involved

CeawlinEdmund II IronsideEdward the ElderEgbertEthelwulf

Provenance

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