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This is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons (Wessex) until 886 AD. While the details of the later monarchs are confirmed by a number of sources, the earlier ones are in many cases obscure.
A 12th-century list of kings gives him a reign length of four weeks, though one manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says he died only 16 days after his father. [7] However, the fact that he ruled is not accepted by all historians. Also, it is unclear whether—if Ælfweard was declared king—it was over the whole kingdom or of Wessex only.
This is a category for monarchs of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.. The question of who qualifies as a monarch of Wessex is sometimes a difficult question to answer. One approach is to say that no monarchs after Ælfred should be included, since from that time forward Wessex ceased to exist as a separate political entity.
The House of Wessex then briefly regained power under Æthelred's son Edward the Confessor, but lost it after the Confessor's reign, with the Norman Conquest in 1066. All kings of England since William II have been descended from the House of Wessex through William the Conqueror 's wife Matilda of Flanders , who was a descendant of Alfred the ...
(see List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex) As to the medieval histories of Scotland and Wales: The family tree of Scottish monarchs covers the same period in Scotland and, equally as shown, directly precedes the family tree of the British royal family. The family tree of Welsh monarchs is relevant before the 1282 conquest by England.
List of monarchs of the British Isles by cause of death; List of monarchs in Britain by length of reign; M. List of monarchs of Mercia; N. ... List of monarchs of Wessex;
List of monarchs may refer to: List of current sovereign monarchs; List of current constituent monarchs; List of monarchs by nickname; List of fictional monarchs; List of longest-reigning monarchs; A king list, used as an early form of periodisation
Kings of East Anglia; Kings of Essex; Kings of Hwicce; Kings of Kent; Kings of Lindsey; Kings of Mercia; Kings of Northumbria; Kings of Sussex; Kings of Wessex; Kings of Jorvik; Earls of York; Earls of Northumbria; Kings of Dál Riata; Kings of the Picts; Lords of Galloway; Rulers of Wales; Kings of Gwynedd; Kings of the Isle of Man and the ...