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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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