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| 1 | 0757 | - 0757—0796: King Offa
King Offa ( 779 - 796 ) {\n}{\n}757 - Offa seizes the Kingdom Mercia after the murder of his cousin Aethelbald.{\n}776 - Defeats the men of Kent at Otford{\n}779 - Offa defeats Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington in Oxfordshire.{\n}784 - Offa defeats the Wel
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| 2 | 0800 | - 0800—0839: King Egbert
King Egbert ( 802 - 839 ) {\n}{\n}800 - Around this time the Book of Kells is written in Ireland{\n}802 - Death of King Beorthric of Wessex{\n}802 - Egbert returns from exile in Charlemagne and becomes King of Wessex{\n}825 - King Egbert of Wessex wins a
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| 3 | 0802 | - 0802—0839: Egbert
Saxon: First King of all England. King of Wessex, won allegiance of all English
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| 4 | 0839 | - 0839—0856: King Aethelwulf
King Aethelwulf ( 839 - 856 ) {\n}{\n}839 - Aethelwulf succeeds his father Egbert as King of Wessex{\n}841 - Vikings raid Kent and East Anglia, and establish a settlement at Dublin{\n}842 - Many die in London and Rochester during Viking raids{\n}844 - Ken
- 0839—0858: Ethelwulf
Saxon: Son of Egbert, King of Wessex, Sussex, Kent, Essex
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| 5 | 0856 | - 0856—0860: King Aethalbald
King Aethelbald ( 856 - 860 ) {\n}{\n}858 - Aethelbald marries his father's widow Judith{\n}860 - Vikings land on Iceland{\n}860 - Aehelbald dies and his brother Aethelbert become king
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| 6 | 0858 | - 0858—0860: Ethelbald
Saxon: Son of Ethelwulf, displaced father in Wessex
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| 7 | 0860 | - 0860—0866: King Aethelbert
King Aethelbert ( 860 - 866 ) {\n}{\n}860 - Aethelbert becomes King of Wessex following the death of his brother Aethelbald{\n}860 - Winchester sacked by the Danes{\n}865 - The Viking 'Great Heathen Army' commanded by Halfdan and Ivar the Boneless lands i
- 0860—0866: Ethelbert
Saxon: 2nd son of Ethelwulf, united Kent and Wessex
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| 8 | 0866 | - 0866—0871: King Aethelred
King Aethelred I ( 866 - 871 ) {\n}{\n}866 - Aethelred becomes king on the death of his brother Aethelbert{\n}869 - Edmund King of East Anglia resists the Vikings and is killed{\n}870 - Aethelred defeated by the Danes (Vikings) at Reading{\n}871 - Aethelr
- 0866—0871: Ethelred I
Saxon: 3rd son of Ethelwulf, King of Wessex, fought Danes
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| 10 | 0871 | - 0871—0899: King Alfred
King Alfred the Great ( 871 - 899 ) {\n}{\n}{\n}871 - Alfred becomes King of Wessex following the death of his brother Aethelred{\n}872 - London falls to Viking raiders{\n}875 - After persistent attacks by Vikings the monks of Lindesfarne travel through N
- 0871—0899: Alfred the Great
Saxon: 4th son of Ethelwulf, defeated Danes, fortified London
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| 11 | 0883 | - 0883—0883: King Gorm becomes the first known ruler of a united Danish kingdom
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| 12 | 0894 | - 0894—0915: Spytihnev I
Son of Borivoj I
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| 13 | 0899 | - 0899—0925: King Edward The Elder
King Edward The Elder ( 899 - 925 ) {\n}{\n}901 - Edward the Elder takes the title "King of the Angles and Saxons"{\n}913 - Edward the Elder recaptures Essex from the Danes
- 0899—0924: Edward the Elder
Saxon: Alfred's son, united English, claimed Scotland
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| 14 | 0915 | - 0915—0921: Vratislav I. (Vratislaus)
Brother of Spytihnev I
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| 15 | 0921 | - 0921—0935: V clav I. Svaty (Wenceslaus)
Son of Vratislav I; known as St. Wenceslaus ("Good King Wenceslas" for English speaking people), the patron saint of the Czech lands.
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| 16 | 0924 | - 0924—0940: Athelstan the Glorious
Saxon: Edward's eldest son, King of Mercia, Wessex
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| 17 | 0925 | - 0925—0940: King Athelstan
King Athelstan ( 925 - 940 ) {\n}{\n}926 - Athelstan annexes Northumbria, and forces the kings of Wales, Strathclyde, the Picts, and the Scots to submit to him{\n}937 - Battle of Brunanburh: Athelstan defeats alliance of Scots, Celts, Danes, and Vikings,
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| 18 | 0935 | - 0935—0972: Boleslav I. Ukrutny (Boleslaus I the Cruel)
Brother of V clav I.
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| 19 | 0940 | - 0940—0946: Edmund I The Magnificent
Saxon: 3rd son of Edward, King of Wessex, Mercia
- 0940—0985: The reign of Harold Bluetooth. The Christian church is established in Denmark
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| 20 | 0945 | - 0945—0946: King Edmund
King Edmund ( 940 - 946 ) {\n}{\n}945 - Dunstan becomes abbot of Glastonbury{\n}946 - Edmund killed at Pucklechurch
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| 21 | 0946 | - 0946—0955: King Edred
King Edred ( 946 - 955 ) {\n}{\n}954 - Expulsion of Eric Bloodaxe, last Danish king of York
- 0946—0955: Edred
Saxon: 4th son of Edward
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| 22 | 0955 | - 0955—0959: King Edwy (Eadwig)
King Edwy (Eadwig) ( 955 - 959 ) {\n}{\n}956 - Dunstan sent into exile by Edwy{\n}957 - Mercians and Northumbrians rebel against Edwy
- 0955—0959: Edwy the Fair
Saxon: Eldest son of Edmund, King of Wessex
- 0955—0959: Edgar the Peaceful
Saxon: 2nd son of Edmund, ruled all English
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| 23 | 0959 | - 0959—0975: King Edgar
King Edgar ( 959 - 975 ) {\n}{\n}959 - England united under Edgar{\n}973 - Northern Kings submit to Edgar at Chester
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| 24 | 0972 | - 0972—0999: Boleslav II. Pobozny (Boleslaus II the Pious)
Son of Boleslav I.
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