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House of Wessex

Family that initially ruled Wessex kingdom

  • Dated until 1093 CE
  • Also called House of Cerdic
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The house, member by member

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Æthelwulf until 858 CE Married 830 CE Osburh

5 children in the house

  1. Æthelstan of Kent until the 850s CE
  2. Æthelbald c. 835 CE – 860 CE
  3. Æthelberht 836 CE – 865 CE
  4. Æthelred I 837 CE – 871 CE
  5. Alfred the Great 849 CE – c. 899 CE 3 children in the house
One family in House of Wessex: members whose records name these parents, oldest first. A parent from another house is on the child’s own page. Open the family tree

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Offices held in the house

The members in each office, in order — a selection from the office’s whole line.

Monarch of England

  • 12 holders
  • 2 gaps
  1. 1st 23 April 871 CE – 26 October 899 CE Alfred the Great king of Wessex (r. 872–901)
  2. 2nd 26 October 899 CE – 17 July 924 CE Edward the Elder king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)

  3. Gap about 3 years before the next in this house

    927 CE – 27 October 939 CE Æthelstan King of Wessex and first king of England (r. 924-939)
  4. 1 November 939 CE – 26 May 946 CE Edmund I King of England (r. 939–946)
  5. 946 CE – 23 November 955 CE Edred of England King of England (r. 946–955)
  6. 955 CE – 1 October 959 CE Eadwig King of the English (r. 955–959)
  7. 1 October 959 CE – 8 July 975 CE Edgar of England King of the English (r. 959–975)
  8. 8 July 975 CE – 18 March 978 CE Edward the Martyr King of the English (975-978)
  9. 978 CE – 1013 CE Æthelred the Unready King of England
  10. 1014 CE – 23 April 1016 CE Æthelred the Unready King of England
  11. 1016 CE – 30 November 1016 CE Edmund II of England King of the English, Wessex dynasty

  12. Gap about 26 years before the next in this house

    1042 CE – 5 January 1066 CE Edward the Confessor Anglo-Saxon King of England from 1042 to 1066

King of Wessex

  • 6 holders
  • 1 gap
  1. 519 CE – 534 CE Cerdic of Wessex 1st King of Wessex from 519 to 534

  2. Gap about 305 years before the next in this house

    839 CE – 13 January 858 CE Æthelwulf King of Wessex
  3. 858 CE – 860 CE Æthelbald King of Wessex
  4. 860 CE – 865 CE Æthelberht King of Wessex
  5. 865 CE – 871 CE Æthelred I King of Wessex (r. 865–871)
  6. 23 April 871 CE – 26 October 899 CE Alfred the Great king of Wessex (r. 872–901)

King

  • 3 holders
  • 1 undated
  1. 26 October 899 CE – 17 July 924 CE Edward the Elder king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)
  2. 17 July 924 CE – 2 August 924 CE Ælfweard of Wessex West Saxon monarch

No dates recorded 1

King of Kent

  • 2 holders
  • 1 undated
  1. 860 CE – 865 CE Æthelberht King of Wessex

No dates recorded 1

Affiliation

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