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AngloSaxon kingdoms in 800CE East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, Wessex
United Kingdom England Wessex, one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England, whose ruling dynasty eventually became kings of the whole country. In its permanent nucleus, its land approximated that of the modern counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, and Somerset.
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Coordinates: 51.2°N 2°W The Kingdom of the West Saxons ( / ˈwɛsɪks /; Old English: Ƿestseaxna rīċe [ˈwestsæɑksnɑ ˈriːtʃe] ), also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in 927.
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The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex was the first formation of the modern idea of England, and in its early years it faced threats not only from the neighboring kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria, but also from the Danes, or the Vikings as they would become known.
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The Danes had come to take the land. In 866, their army captured York, Northumbria's major city. By this time, the southern kingdom of Wessex (the "West Saxons") had emerged as the strongest Saxon kingdom. Its King Aethelred led the British resistance against the Vikings. But he died in 871. Alfred's Wessex Kingdom
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Wessex Archaeology said that research will additionally "help to identify familial relationships and broader genetic links both within this community and between others in the region, and the.
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Hardy named the area "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the unification of England by Æthelstan. Although the places that appear in his novels actually exist, in many cases he gave the place a fictional name. [3]
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Ecgberht of Wessex harries Cornwall. [3] 816 Saxons invade the mountains of Eryri and the kingdom of Rhufoniog. [3] 818 King Coenwulf of Mercia devastates Dyfed. [3] 821 Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, submits to Coenwulf of Mercia in a dispute over Church lands. [1]
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Wessex, also known as the Kingdom of the West Saxons, was a large and influential Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 to 927AD.
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The Kingdom of Wessex (c. 519-927 CE or c. 519-1066 CE) was a political entity founded by the West Saxon Chieftain Cerdic (r. 519-540 CE) in 519 CE in the Upper Thames Valley of modern-day Britain which would later evolve into the modern nation.
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Mercia Northumbria, including sub-kingdoms Bernicia and Deira Wessex The other main kingdoms, which were conquered and absorbed by others entirely at some point in their history, before the unification of England, are: Essex Kent Sussex Other minor kingdoms and territories: Bernicia
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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. The house became dominant in southern England after the accession of King Ecgberht in 802.
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Wessex was an old Anglo-Saxon kingdom before England became one country. It was one of seven kingdoms in England. It was named after the West Saxons. It was in the south and southwest of England. Wessex was a kingdom from the 6th century until the English state was made in the 9th century. It was an earldom between 1016 and 1066.