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| | The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia |
 | | Three kingdoms of Angles (Northumbria, Mercia, & East Anglia), three of Saxons (Essex, Sussex, & Wessex), and one of the Jutes (Kent) eventually fell to Kings of Wessex, or to the Danes. |
 | | King Egbert of Wessex, who had spent time in exile at the court of Charlemagne, came to be considered the first true King of England. |
 | | However, nothing of the sort is mentioned in other sources, and Godwin, although the sort of person who doubtlessly would prefer royal ancestry, is usually just said to have been from an old family. |
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