Saxon Kings of England
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Essex, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, Wessex The Kingdom of Wessex, or Kingdom of the West Saxons
(Old English: Westseaxna ri-ce)
was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the West Saxons, in South West England, from the 6th century, until the emergence of a united English state in the 10th century, under the Wessex dynasty.
It was to be an earldom after Canute the Great's conquest of 1016, from 1020 to 1066.
After the Norman Conquest there was a dissolution of the English earldoms, and Wessex was split among the followers of William the Conqueror. 
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Alfred the Great
[849-899] –
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He drove out the Danes and styled himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons" -- the first to do so. Ridding the country of the scourge of the Danes, his subsequent introduction of the shire system, and improvements to the systems of laws and of finance, laid the groundwork for his grandson ¤Æthelstan to rule as the first King of a truely unified England. He is the only English king awarded the epithet "The Great". |
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Æthelstan
[895-939] – Anglo-Saxon ruler, unified England, King of England
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First King of a formally unified England (924-939). |
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Egbert [769-839] – WSSX102 34GGFa | ||
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Margaret of Scotland
[1045c-1093] – Queen consort, Saint
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