Bef 849 - 899 (> 50 years)
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Date |
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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 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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| 3 | 0858 | - 0858—0860: Ethelbald
Saxon: Son of Ethelwulf, displaced father in Wessex
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 6 | 0870 | |
| 7 | 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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| 8 | 0883 | - 0883—0883: King Gorm becomes the first known ruler of a united Danish kingdom
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| 9 | 0894 | - 0894—0915: Spytihnev I
Son of Borivoj I
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| 10 | 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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