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Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson, also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. He was succeeded by William the Conqueror, the victor at Hastings.

Æthelstan or Athelstan (; ; ; ; – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings". He never married and had no children; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.

Edward the Elder

king of the Anglo-Saxons (r. 899–924)

Edmund II of England

King of the English, Wessex dynasty

King of Wessex (r. 865–871)

Penda of Mercia

7th-century King of Mercia

Cerdic of Wessex

1st King of Wessex from 519 to 534

Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Anglo-Saxon nobleman; son of Wulfnoth Cild

Ceawlin of Wessex

Cynric of Wessex

Cynric () was King of Wessex from 534 to 560. Everything known about him comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. There, he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic, who is considered the founder of the kingdom of Wessex. However, the Anglian King-list and parts of the West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List (which may partly derive from the Anglian King-list and was a source for the Chronicle), instead says that Cynric was the son of Cerdic's son Creoda. Similarly, the paternal genealogy of Alfred the Great given in Asser's The Life of King Alfred, includes the name Creoda, while the account of the

Tostig Godwinson

Anglo-Saxon Earl

Rædwald of East Anglia

7th-century Anglo-Saxon king

Oswald of Northumbria

King of Northumbria

Æthelbald of Mercia

Wulfhere of Mercia

Edwin of Northumbria

King of Deira and Bernicia

Edmund the Martyr

King of East Anglia from about 855 until 869

Oswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (; – 15 February 670), was King of Bernicia from 642 and of Northumbria from 654 until his death. He is notable for his role at the Synod of Whitby in 664, which ultimately brought the church in Northumbria into conformity with the wider Catholic Church.

Æthelfrith of Northumbria

thumb|200px|right|The main Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in the 7th century. Æthelfrith (died ) was King of Bernicia from c. 593 until his death around 616 AD at the Battle of the River Idle. He became the first Bernician king to also rule the neighbouring land of Deira, giving him an important place in the development and the unification of the later kingdom of Northumbria. Reigning from the late 6th century until his death, he was known for his military campaigns against the Britons and his victory over the Gaels of Dál Riata. His most famous victory came at the Battle of Chester, where he decisively

8th-century English monarch

Ælle of Sussex

first king of the South Saxons

Æthelred of Mercia

king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century

King of Mercia from 796 to 821

Cædwalla of Wessex

Cædwalla (; 659 – 20 April 689) was the King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the Welsh Cadwallon. He was exiled from Wessex as a youth and during this period gathered forces and attacked the South Saxons, killing their king, Æthelwealh, in what is now Sussex. Cædwalla was unable to hold the South Saxon territory, however, and was driven out by Æthelwealh's ealdormen. In either 685 or 686, he became King of Wessex. He may have been involved in suppressing rival dynasties at this time, as an early source records that Wessex was ruled by underk

Eadbald of Kent

Peada of Mercia

Pybba of Mercia

King of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia

Ecgfrith of Northumbria

King of Northumbria

Beornwulf of Mercia

Burgred of Mercia

9th-century king of Mercia

Centwine of Wessex

Wiglaf of Mercia

Cearl of Mercia

Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians

ruler of Mercia

Coenred of Mercia

Cenwalh of Wessex

7th-century English monarch

Ludeca of Mercia

Hereward the Wake

11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conquest of England

Adda of Bernicia

Bernician monarch

King of Northumbria

Beorhtwulf of Mercia

King of Northumbria

Hlothhere of Kent

7th-century English monarch

King of the East Saxons

Hengist and Horsa

legendary brothers said to have led the invasion of Britain in 5th century

Alchmund of Derby

Wihtred of Kent

king of Kent from 670 – 725

Ceolwulf II of Mercia

king of Northumbria

King of Northumbria

Cadwallon ap Cadfan

King of the Kingdom of Gwynedd

Hussa of Bernicia

6th-century monarch