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England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

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802

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Egbert · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessex

825

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Athelstan · East Anglia · King

Succeeds as King of East Anglia

839

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Aethelwulf · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessex. Gives Kent, Essex, Surrey & Sussex to his eldest son Athelstan

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Athelstan · Kent · King

Succeeds as King of Kent

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Ethelwulf · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessex

856

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Aethelbald · Wessex · King

Usurps the throne in his fathers absence leaving the latter with Kent, Sussex & Essex. Succeeds as King of Wessex

865

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Aethelred I · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessex, Aethelberts brother

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Ethelbert · Wessex · King

Succeeded by his eldest surviving brother Ethelred

866

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Ethelred I · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessex, brother of Ethelbert

871

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Alfred the Great · Winchester · King

Alfred succeeded Aethelred during the struggle against the Danish army.

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Alfred the Great · Wessex · King

Alfred succeeds his brother Aethelred as King of Wessex during the Danish invasion.

899

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Edward the Elder · Wessex · King

Edward succeeded Alfred and continued the campaign to absorb the southern Danelaw.

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Alfred the Great · Wessex · King

Alfred prepares the succession that allows his son Edward the Elder to inherit the kingdom.

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Edward the Elder · Wessex · King

Succeeds his father, Alfred the Great, after being elected King. Succeeds as King of Wessex

901

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Edward the Elder · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessex. Proclaims himself "King of the Anglo Saxons"

924

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Athelstan · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of Wessext

939

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Edmund I · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of England, succeeds his half-brother Athelstan

946

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Eadred · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of England, succeeds his brother Edmund I

955

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Eadwig · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of England. Elder son of King Edmund succeeds his uncle Edred at the age of 14

957

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Edgar the Peaceful · Northumbria · King

Rules Northumbria & Mercia, unites English & Danes as fellow subjects

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Edgar the Peaceful · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of England

962

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Edgar the Peaceful · Wessex · King

His wife Ethelfleda dies in childbirth leaving a single heir, Edward

975

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Edward the Martyr · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of England. Edward's accession to the throne is contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become King

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Elfrida · Wessex · Queen

Edwards accession to the throne is contested by a party headed by his stepmother, Queen Elfrida, who wished her son, Ethelred to become King

978

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Ethelred II the Unready · Wessex · King

Succeeds as King of England, his followers murder his half-brother, Edward the martyr

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