House of Wessex (jan 1, 802 – jan 1, 1066)

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Egbert (802-39)

Aethelwulf (839-55)

Aethelbald (855-60)

Aethelbert (860-66)

Aethelred (866-71)

Alfred the Great (871-99) Built first navy; united SW England

Edward the Elder (899-925)

Athelstan (925-40)

Edmund the Magnificent (940-46)

Eadred (946-55)

Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair (955-59)

Edgar the Peaceable (959-75)

Edward the Martyr (975-78) Killed by Vikings

Aethelred the Unready (978-1016) paid Dane-geld to Vikings

Edmund Ironside 1016

*Danish line (1014-42)*

Edward the Confessor (1042-66) Sainted for his piety

Harold II (1066) Couldn't fight off Vikings and
William the Conqueror, who became King after the battle of Hastings.

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