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Traditionally, the list of British monarchs starts with Egbert, King of Wessex who reigned from 802 – 839. The House of Wessex, sometimes known as the Anglo-Saxon kings, first reigned from 802 – 1013. From 1013 – 1014, the House of Denmark reigned. The House of Wessex was restored 1014 – 1016. Once last time, the House of Denmark reigned from 1016 -1042. The final reign of the House of Wessex began in 1042 and ended with the conquest of William, Duke of Normandy in 1066. Pictures are from Wikipedia unless otherwise noted.
The remains of many of the Anglo-Saxon kings now rest in mortuary chests in Winchester Cathedral.
Egbert, King of Wessex (reigned 802 – 839)
- Born: 769 or 771
- Parents: Ealhmund, King of Kent, mother unknown
- Married: Redburga, possibly a sister of Charlemagne
- Died: 839, buried at the Old Minster, Winchester
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Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, King of Kent (reigned 839 – 858)
Wikipedia: Æthelwulf of Wessex
- Born: circa 800
- Parents: Egbert, King of Wessex and Redburga
- Married: (1) Osburga (2) Judith of Flanders
- Died: January 13, 858 at Stamridge, Wessex; buried first at Stanbridge Earls, then at Old Minster, Winchester
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Æthelbald, King of Wessex (reigned 858 – 860)
Wikipedia: Æthelbald of Wessex
- Born: 834 in Wessex
- Parents: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Osburga
- Married: Judith of Flanders
- Died: December 20, 860 in Wessex; buried at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset
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Æthelberht, King of Wessex, (reigned 860 – 865), King of Kent (reigned 858 – 865)
Wikipedia: Æthelberht of Wessex
- Born: circa 836 in Wessex
- Parents: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Osburga
- Unmarried
- Died: Autumn of 865; buried at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset
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Æthelred I, King of Wessex, King of Kent (reigned 865 – 871)
Wikipedia: Æthelred I of Wessex
- Born: circa 847 in Wessex
- Parents: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Osburga
- Married: Wulfthryth
- Died: April 23, 871 in battle; buried at Wimborne Minster in Dorset
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Alfred the Great, King of Wessex (reigned 871 – 899), King of the Anglo-Saxons (reigned 878 – 899)
- Born: 849 at the Royal Palace, Wantage, Oxfordshire
- Parents: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Osburga
- Married: Ealhswith
- Died: October 26, 899 at Winchester; buried first at the Old Minster in Winchester, then moved to the New Minster in Winchester, finally moved to Hyde Abbey where his remains were lost during the Dissolution of the Abbeys
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Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons (reigned 899 – 924)
- Born: circa 874 – 877 in Wantage, Wessex
- Parents: Alfred the Great and Ealhswith
- Married: (1) Ecgwynn (2) Ælfflæd (2) Eadgifu of Kent
- Died: July 17, 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, Cheshire; buried first at New Minster in Winchester, later moved to Hyde Abbey
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Ælfweard, King of Wessex (reigned 924)
- Born: 904 in Wessex
- Parents: Edward the Elder and Ælfflæd
- Died: August 2, 924 at Oxford; buried at New Minster in Winchester
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Æthelstan, King of England (reigned 924 – 939)
Wikipedia: Æthelstan, King of England
- Born: circa 893/895
- Parents: Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn
- Unmarried
- Died: October 27, 939 in Gloucester; buried at Malmesbury Abbey at Malmesbury in Wiltshire
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Edmund I, King of the English (reigned 939 – 946)
- Born: 921 in Wessex
- Parents: Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent
- Married: (1) Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury (2) Æthelflæd of Damerham
- Died: Murdered on May 26, 946 at his hunting lodge in Pucklechurch, Wessex; buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset
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Eadred, King of the English (reigned 946 – 955)
Wikipedia: Eadred, King of the English
- Born: 923 in Wessex
- Parents: Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent
- Unmarried
- Died: November 23, 955 in Frome, Somerset; buried at Old Minster, Winchester
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Eadwig, King of the English (reigned 955 – 959)
Wikipedia: Eadwig, King of the English
- Born: circa 941
- Parents: Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
- Married: Ælfgifu (annulled)
- Died: October 1, 959 in Gloucester; buried at Old Minster, Winchester
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Edgar the Peaceful, King of the English (reigned 959 – 975)
- Born: circa 943/944 in Wessex
- Parents: Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
- Married: (1) Æthelflæd (2) Wulthryth (3) Ælfthryth
- Died: July 8, 975 at Winchester; buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset
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Edward the Martyr, King of the English (reigned 975 – 978)
- Born: circa 962
- Parents: Edgar the Peaceful and either Æthelflæd or Wulfthryth
- Died: Murdered on March 18, 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset; buried at Wareham
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Æthelred II, the Unready, King of the English (reigned 978 – 1013 and 1014 – 1016)
Unofficial Royalty: Æthelred II (the Unready)
- Born: circa 966-68 (His nickname in Old English was unræd which means “no counsel” and describes the poor quality of advice which Æthelred received throughout his reign.)
- Parents: Edgar the Peaceful and Ælfthryth
- Married: (1) Ælfgifu of York (2) Emma of Normandy
- Died: April 23, 1016, in London; buried in Old St. Paul’s Cathedral which was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666
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Edmund II or Edmund Ironside, King of England (reigned April 23, 1016 – November 30, 1016)
- Born: 989 in Wessex
- Parents: Æthelred II and Ælfgifu of York
- Married: Ealdgyth
- Died: November 30, 1016, in Oxford or London; buried at Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset
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Edward the Confessor, King of England (reigned 1042 – 1066)
Wikipedia: Edward the Confessor
- Born: circa 1003 in Islip, Oxfordshire
- Parents: Æthelred II and Emma of Normandy
- Married: Edith of Wessex
- Died: January 5, 1066, in London; buried at Westminster Abbey
Tomb of Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey
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Harold II or Harold Godwinson, King of England (reigned January 5, 1066 – October 14, 1066)
- Born: circa 1022 in Wessex
- Parents: Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
- Married: (1) Edith Swanneck (2) Ealdgyth
- Died: October 14, 1066, at the Battle of Hastings; disputed burial site at either Waltham Abbey in Essex, or at Holy Trinity Church in Bosham