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  2. List of monarchs of Wessex - Wikipedia

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    23rd King of Wessex 858–860: Æthelberht c. 835 –865 24th King of Wessex 860–865: Æthelred I c. 847 –871 25th King of Wessex 865–871: Alfred the Great c ...

  3. Wessex - Wikipedia

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    He gave each of his Wessex counties a fictionalised name, such as with Berkshire, which is known in the novels as "North Wessex". [citation needed] In the book and television series The Last Kingdom, Wessex is the primary setting, focusing on the rule of Alfred the Great and the war against the Vikings. [47] Wessex remains a common term for the ...

  4. House of Wessex - Wikipedia

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    The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, the House of the West Saxons, the House of the Gewisse, the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty, refers to the family, traditionally founded by Cerdic of the Gewisse, that ruled Wessex in Southern England from the early 6th century.

  5. Category:9th-century English monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Æthelbald, King of Wessex; Æthelberht, King of Wessex; Æthelred I of Wessex; Æthelred II of East Anglia; Æthelred II of Northumbria; Æthelstan of East Anglia; Æthelstan of Kent; Æthelweard of East Anglia; Æthelwold ætheling; Æthelwulf, King of Wessex; Alfred the Great

  6. Family tree of English monarchs - Wikipedia

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    King of Scots: Gytha of Wessex d. 1098 /1107 One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson: Gunhild of Wessex One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson: King William I the Conqueror c. 1028 –1087 King of England r. 1066–1087: Queen Matilda Queen of Scotland c. 1080 –1118: King Henry I c. 1068 –1135 King of England r. 1100–1135

  7. Category:West Saxon monarchs - Wikipedia

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    This is a category for monarchs of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.. The question of who qualifies as a monarch of Wessex is sometimes a difficult question to answer. One approach is to say that no monarchs after Ælfred should be included, since from that time forward Wessex ceased to exist as a separate political entity.

  8. History of Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Kingdoms, centres of learning, archives, and churches all fell before the onslaught from the invading Danes. Only the Kingdom of Wessex was able to survive. [95] In March 878, the Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex, Alfred, with a few men, built a fortress at Athelney, hidden deep in the marshes of Somerset. [97]

  9. Queen descended from Egbert, King of Wessex and had a ... - AOL

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    6. She was also 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex from 802 and King of England from 827 to 839. 7. Aged five weeks, she was christened in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.