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A petty kingdom is a kingdom described as minor or "petty" (from the French 'petit' meaning small) by contrast to an empire or unified kingdom that either preceded or succeeded it (e.g. the numerous kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England unified into the Kingdom of England in the 10th century, or the numerous Gaelic kingdoms of Ireland as the Kingdom of Ireland in the 16th century).
Reiks (Gothic: ๐๐ด๐น๐บ๐; pronunciation /ri:ks/; Latinized as rix) is a Gothic title for a tribal ruler, often translated as "king". In the Gothic Bible, it translates to the Greek árchลn (แผρχων). [1] It is presumably translated as basiliskos (βασιλฮฏσκος "petty king") in the Passio of Sabbas the Goth. [2]
The rulers of all the areas might be called petty kings, herser, subkings, kings or earls depending on the source. A number of small communities were gradually organised into larger regions in the 9th century, and in AD 872 King Harald Fairhair unified the realm and became its first supreme ruler. Many of the former kingdoms would later become ...
Clovis I united all the Frankish petty kingdoms as well as most of Roman Gaul under his rule, conquering the Domain of Soissons of the Roman general Syagrius as well as the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse (Aquitaine).
Coat of arms of the King King Harald V and Queen Sonja. The list of Norwegian monarchs (Norwegian: kongerekken or kongerekka) begins in 872: the traditional dating of the Battle of Hafrsfjord, after which victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father.
Bodb Derg, king of the Sid Mumu, and later king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, succeeding The Dagda; Conmáel, first Milesian king based in Munster, and also High King of Ireland; Eochaid Faebar Glas, his son and High King of Ireland, possibly based in Munster also; Eochu Mumu, his grandson and High King of Ireland, and after whom Munster is said to ...
Ruler of southern Northumbria Ruler of northern Northumbria Notes 867–872 Military conquest by the Great Heathen Army: Ecgberht I: Ecgberht I ruled north of the Tyne as a puppet king of the Danes. [3] 872–c. 875: Ricsige: Probably ruled most of Northumbria as a sovereign Anglo-Saxon king. [4] c. 875 –877 Halfdan Ragnarsson [5] Ecgberht II [6]
Named as king by Bede, not included in later regnal lists. c. 626 Penda: c. 626–655 Son of Pybba. Raised Mercia to dominant status amongst the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Last pagan ruler of Mercia. Killed in battle by Oswiu of Northumbria. 15 Nov 655 Eowa: c. 635–642 Son of Pybba. Co-ruler. Killed in battle. 5 Aug 642 Peada: c. 653–656 Son of ...