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- On the death of his father, Edward the Elder, in 924, Athelstan was elected king of Wessex and Mercia, where he had been brought up by his aunt, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians.
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This is a list of kings and queens regnant of the kingdoms of Georgia before Russian annexation in 1801–1810. For more comprehensive lists, and family trees, of Georgian monarchs and rulers see Lists of Georgian monarchs.
NamePortraitReign [3]Pharnavaz I ფარნავაზი299 – 234 BCKing of Iberia.Sauromaces I საურმაგ I234 – 159 BCKing of Iberia. Son of Pharnavaz.159 – 109 BCKing of Iberia. Son-in-law and adopted ...109 – 90 BCKing of Iberia. Son of Mirian I.This is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons (Wessex) until 886 AD. For later monarchs, see the List of English monarchs. While the details of the later monarchs are confirmed by a number of sources, the earlier ones are in many cases obscure.
Gurgen died in 1008, leaving his throne for Bagrat, allowing Bagrat to become the first king of a unified Abkhazia and Iberia. In his early reign, Bagrat pressed a claim to the kingdom of Khakheti-Hereti to the east, and annexed it in 1010.
Apr 24, 2023 · Wessex, from the Old English form of ‘West Saxon’ was one of the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. As their dominion expanded through the centuries, the kings of Anglo-Saxon Wessex ruled much of modern-day Kent, East & West Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Cornwall.
Wessex, also known as the Kingdom of the West Saxons, was a large and extremely influential Anglo-Saxon kingdom from 519 to 927AD. In this article, we take a look at the Kings and Queens that ruled over the kingdom for almost half a millennium. Ben Johnson. 42 min read.
Ine (reigned 688–726), the first West Saxon king to issue a code of laws, placed a see at Sherborne (Dorset) for the western areas. Mercian dominance over Wessex, which included direct control of parts of Berkshire and Wiltshire, ended with the accession of Egbert (reigned 802–839).
Nov 23, 2018 · Little is known of Ceol's reign or that of his successor Ceolwulf (r. 597-611 CE) but Ceolwulf's son Cynegils (r. 611-643 CE) is well attested to as the first West Saxon king to accept Christianity and also the king who lost Wessex to the Kingdom of Mercia.
