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Culture, Anglo Saxon Indexes, Anglo Saxon Titles, Royalty, Saxon Heptarchy, King Wessex

King Wessex is in Wessex.

592 Battle of Wanborough

786 Assassination of King Cynewulf

858 Death of King Æthelwulf

860 Death of King Æthelbald

865 Death of King Æthelberht

In 519 Cerdic King Wessex was appointed as the first King Wessex.

In 534 Cerdic King Wessex died. His son Cynric succeeded King Wessex.

592 Battle of Wanborough

In 592 Ceawlin King Wessex was killed at the Battle of Wanborough. His nephew Ceol succeeded King Wessex.

In 611 King Cynegils of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

Around 641 King Cynegils of Wessex died. His son Cenwalh succeeded King Wessex.

In 676 Escwin King Wessex died. His great uncle Centwine succeeded King Wessex.

In 685 King Cædwalla of Wessex (age 26) succeeded King Wessex.

In 688 King Cædwalla of Wessex (age 29) Abdicated as King Wessex. In 688 His second cousin once removed Ine (age 18) succeeded King Wessex.

In 728 King Ine of Wessex (age 58) died. Æthelheard King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

In 740 Æthelheard King of Wessex died. Cuthred King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

In 756 Cuthred King of Wessex died. Sigeberht King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

In 757 Sigeberht King of Wessex was forced from the throne of Wessex. Cynewulf King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

786 Assassination of King Cynewulf

In 786 Cynewulf King of Wessex was killed by Cyneheard the Ætheling at Merton, Surrey while visiting his [Cynewulf's] mistress. King Beorhtric of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

In 802 King Egbert of Wessex (age 29) succeeded King Wessex.

In 839 King Egbert of Wessex (age 66) died. His son Æthelwulf succeeded King Wessex.

Death of King Æthelwulf

On 13th January 858 King Æthelwulf of Wessex died. His son Æthelbald succeeded King Wessex.

Death of King Æthelbald

In 860 King Æthelbald of Wessex died. His brother Æthelberht succeeded King Wessex.

Death of King Æthelberht

In 865 King Æthelberht of Wessex died. His brother Æthelred (age 18) succeeded King Wessex. Wulfthryth Unknown Queen Anglo Saxons by marriage Queen Anglo Saxons.

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The Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough, a canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: "In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed." Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 865 Æthelhelm Prince Wessex succeeded King Wessex.

Ceawlin King Wessex succeeded King Wessex.