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14 matches to Essex
Alfred the Great. 849-99. Saxon King of Wessex 871-. Resisted Danes 877-79 (Edington) + 892-96. Captured London 886. First British Navy 897.
Assandum, Battle. 1016. Danes defeat English in Essex.
Dunstan, St. 924-88. Abbott, Archbishop of Canterbury. Advised Wessex kings. Monastic reforms.
Edington, Battle. 878. King Alfred, Wessex only Anglo-Saxon kingdom to withstand Danes.
Edmund II Ironside. c993-1016. English King 1016. Defeated by Canute 1016, kept Wessex.
Edward the Elder. 870-924. King of Wessex, 899. Drove Danes from NW England.
Egbert. King of Wessex, 802-39. Temporary control of all England.
Essex. 6C Saxon kingdom. 860 «Wessex.
Essex, Earl of. (Robert Devereux). 1567-1601. Favourite of Elizabeth I. Executed.
Heptarchy. 5-9C. Seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England: Kent, Essex, Sussex, Wessex, Mercia, E. Anglia, Northumbria. Frequent wars.
Kent. 449-860. Kingdom in SE England absorbed by Wessex.
Mercia. 7C-877. Anglo-Saxon kingdom in central England. Conquered by Danes, Wessex.
Sussex. 477- Anglo-Saxon kingdom. 9C Dominated by Wessex.
Wessex. 495- Anglo-Saxon kingdom in south England. 829 +Mercia. 927 Conquered Danes to rule England. Ethelred. Alfred. Athelstan.