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153 matches to Saxon Dynasty
Saxon Dynasty. Kings of Germans 919-, Holy Roman Empire 962-1024.
Aelfric. c955-1010. Anglo-Saxon writer. Love of the Saints.
Alfred the Great. 849-99. Saxon King of Wessex 871-. Resisted Danes 877-79 (Edington) + 892-96. Captured London 886. First British Navy 897.
Angles. Germanic tribe that invaded Britain in 6C. Jutes. Saxons.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 9C-1154. Records early British history.
Anglo-Saxons. Group of Germanic tribes that invaded Britain in 5C. Ruled to 1066. Angles. Heptarchy.
Chester, Battle. 613. Welsh vs Saxons.
Danegeld. Anglo-Saxon tax 991-1012 to buy off Norse attacks. Heregeld, 1012-51 to raise A-S army vs Norse.
Deorham, Battle. 577. Saxons def Welsh.
Dresden, Treaty. 1745. Prussia gains Saxony. Ends 2nd Silesian War.
Ealdred. -1069. Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York 1060-: crowned William the Conqueror.
East Anglia. 6C Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c870 Denmark. 917 England.
Edgar Aetheling. 1050-1130. Anglo-Saxon prince who submitted to William I.
Edington, Battle. 878. King Alfred, Wessex only Anglo-Saxon kingdom to withstand Danes.
Edward the Confessor, St. c1003-66. Anglo Saxon king 1041-. Founded Westminster Abbey. Conquered Wales. Died without heir, prompting Norman Invasion.
England. c1800BC Beaker folk. 8C BC Celt. 150BC Belgae. 55BC-407 Rome. 5C Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. 9C Dane(N,E). 10C A-S/Dane. 1042 Anglo-Saxon. 1066 Norman. 1204 -Normandy. 1707 Great Britain. 1801 United Kingdom.
Essex. 6C Saxon kingdom. 860 «Wessex.
Ethelbert. 552-616. King of Kent 560-. First Christian Anglo-Saxon king. first extant A-S law code.
Harold II. Last Saxon king of England, 1066. Killed at Hastings.
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Mercia. 7C-877. Anglo-Saxon kingdom in central England. Conquered by Danes, Wessex.
Northumbria. Anglo-Saxon kingdom. c605 Bernicia + Deira = Northumbria. 9C Danish. 944 +England.
Saxons. 5C. Germanic people colonized France, England. 8C Widerkind defeated by Charlemagne on continent.
Saxony. 843 «East Frankish Kingdom. 919-1024 Ruled HRE. 1180 Divided. 1697 Elector (King) of Poland. 1785 Fürstenbund. 1806 Napoleon creates Kingdom. 1815 Half to Prussia. 1815 German Confederation. 1835 Zollverein. 1867 North German Confederation. 1871 German Empire. 1918 Abolished monarchy. 1920 Republic. 1933 Germany.
Schleswig-Holstein. S: 975 HRE. 1027 Denmark. H: 800 Saxony. 12C Schaumburg dynasty. 1386 + S. S-H: 1460 Denmark. 1848 Self-government. 1864 Prussia/Denmark. 1867 Prussia. 1920 Denmark(N)/ Germany(S)(most).