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	Wessex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England.
		Wessex was, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (ASC), founded by Cerdic and Cynric, although the specifics given by the ASC are considered to be suspect.
		Wessex groups are currently campaigning for boundary revisions to the regions in order to more closely match their definitions of Wessex.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wessex (920 words)

	Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg171 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Harold,Prince Of ENGLAND was born in 1067 in Wessex, Eng.
		Gunhild WESSEX was born in 1024 in Wessex, Eng.
		Elfgifa WESSEX was born in 1026 in Wessex, Eng.
	www.ishipress.com /pafg171.htm (1839 words)

	McCoy Family Web Site - pafg115 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Edgar "The Peacable" England in 964 in Wessex, England.
		Edmund England I was born in 923 in Wessex, England.
		Ordgar Ealdorman was born in 922 in Of,, Devonshire, England.
	home.byu.net /jrm2/pafg115.htm (1669 words)

	Harold Godwinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William considered himself to be the successor of the childless Edward the Confessor, and obtained from Harold an oath to support William as the future king of England.
		Harold's illegitimate daughter Gytha of Wessex married Vladimir Monomakh Grand Duke (Velikii Kniaz) of Kievan Rus' and is ancestor to dynasties of Galicia, Smolensk and Yaroslavl, whose scions include Modest Mussorgsky and Peter Kropotkin.
		Ethelwulf of Wessex, c.795-858 =Osburga daughter of Oslac of Isle of Wight =unknown wife/mistress
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_II_of_England (1472 words)

	of England Family Genealogy
		England was divided between the warring kings - Edmund held the west and Wessex while Canute ruled in the north and east.
		was born in 1016 in Wessex, England and died in 1057 in London, Middlesex, England.
		Whereas in England the Norman Conquest left a legacy of bitterness, the comparatively peaceful infusion of medieval culture into Scotland under Margaret and her sons was effected in such a manner as to bring a veritable golden age to Scotland, that lasted for two hundred years after Margaret's death.
	www.aritek.com /hartgen/htm/of-england.htm (2554 words)

	All Abbey Ancestors - pafg09 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		England Earl Of Norfolk, Edmund Prince of England Earl of Kent, Eleonor Princess of England.
		Alice Princess of England, Elizabeth Princess of England, Edward II King of England, Beatrice Princess of England, Blance Princess of England.
		Elgiva Queen of England was born 922 in Wessex, England.
	www.soft-light.com /abbeyall/pafg09.htm (1702 words)

	Wessex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is associated with the novels of Thomas Hardy, and some wish to see it restored as a region of England.
		The Burghal system of fortified towns (the "burhs") under Alfred the Great, described in both Asser and the ASC and documented in a unique hidage, [1] (http://www.ogdoad.force9.co.uk/alfred/alfhidage.htm) helped to prevent the conquest of southern England by the Danish invaders in the 870s.
		In an unusual move Prince Edward was made Earl of Wessex and Viscount Severn in honour of his marriage to Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wessex (908 words)

	Ancestors from New England and Europe - pafg57 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Aethelred II "The Unready" King of England *-9700 [Parents] was born in 967 in of Wessex,England.
		Egbert Prince of England +-9635 was born about 987 in of Wessex,England.
		Godgifu Princess of England, Countess of Vexin +-7851 [Parents] was born about 1004 in of Wessex,England.
	www.angelfire.com /fl/Sumter/pafg57.htm (408 words)

	England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Governor of New York 1674-1681, 1688, of New England 1686-1691, of Virginia 1692-1698, and of Maryland 1693-1694.
		Hereafter the title was always associated with the direct heir to the throne of England and then Great Britain, and merges with the Dukedom of Cornwall, the Earldom of Carrick, the Hereditary Great Stewardship of Scotland, and the Lordship of the Isles as a subsidiary title of the Prince of Wales.
		England emerges throughout the 9th century CE, as the Kingdom of Wessex became the pre-eminent Anglo-Saxon nation and, with the containment of the Scandinavian Kingdom of York by the end of the century, the only surviving English nation.
	www.hostkingdom.net /engl.html (4093 words)

	Untitled Normal Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ealhmund, Under-King of Kent B: abt 0758 of Wessex England.
		Ethelwulf King of Wessex B: abt 0805 of Wessex, England.
		Married: 1 Oct 856 in England to: Osburh Queen of Wessex B: abt.
	www.anycities.com /user/genealogy/alfred.htm (149 words)

	Place Index 17
		England, Edward 'the Atheling' (Prince) - of b.
		England, Ethelred II "the Unready" (King) - of b.
		England, Thomas 'of Brotherton' (Prince) - of b.
	www.richard.damon.name /genealogy/pd17.htm (288 words)

	Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wessex was, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, founded by Cerdic and Cynric, although the specifics given by the ASC are considered to be mostly fictitious.
		The first datable event in Wessex is the baptism of Cynegils around the year 640.
		After King Egbert defeated Mercia in 825 and the Northumbrians accepted his overlordship in 829 Egbert became the first King of England.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/wessex (626 words)

	All my Ancestors and then some - pafg14 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Edgar King of England [Parents] was born 943 in Wessex, England.
		married Elfrida Queen of England on 965 in Wessex, England.
		Sigehelm Earl of Kent was born 830 in Kent, England.
	www.soft-light.com /allabbey/pafg14.htm (275 words)

	Scealdea Family Genealogy
		England and died on 17 Jul 0925 in Farrington, Berkshire, England.
		was born in 1389 in Owesley, Yorkshire, England.
		- was born in 1428 in Greystoke, Northumberland, England.
	www.aritek.com /hartgen/htm/scealdea.htm (3061 words)

	Wessex, England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The wyvern is appearing more and more as a symbol of Wessex (my son's school for example has a wyvern on its badge) and the flag is used by the Wessex Regionalist Party, the Wessex Society and is the symbol of the Wessex Constitutional Convention, the group pushing for a parliament for Wessex.
		From Reading in the east to Plymouth in the west, from Bournemouth in the south to Gloucester in the north, Wessex is a dynamic and very distinct region, where there is a growing demand for a parliament with the same level of powers as that in Scotland.
		It is the Cross of St George of England with over the centre of the cross the shield of the traditional arms of East Anglia, blue with three gold crowns.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb-wessx.html (682 words)

	Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Athelwolf was the son of EGBERT, whose subjugation of most of England from 825 onward became the foundation of the future kingdom of England.
		Wessex had been a fairly loose knit confederacy of smaller kingdoms, and succession did not pass directly from father to son.
		It may have been this action that alienated the ealdormen of Wessex for when Athelwolf returned to England later that year (856) he was welcomed but they would not accept him as king.
	xpda.com /family/fam00780.htm (1357 words)

	My Family
		King Cenred of the West Saxons was crowned in 641 at Wessex, England.
		Parents: Ceowald of the West Saxons (Overlord of Wessex) and Cutha of the West Saxons.
		Charles of Cambridge (Duke) was born on 22 Oct 1660 in Worcester House, London, England.
	sneakers.pair.com /roots/b6.htm (968 words)

	King Egbert I of Kent & Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Egbert became the first King of Wessex in 802, he also included Kent in his kingdome in 827.
		Christianity was present in England from about 597 A.D., and its spread tended to follow the shifts in overlordship between the dominions.
		Later historians called him the first king of England, an anachronistic title, for there was no conception of a kingdom of England in his day.
	xpda.com /family/ind01342.htm (315 words)

	EGBERT KING OF ENGLAND
		Known as the first King of All England, he was forced into exile at the court of Charlemagne, by the powerful Offa, King of Mercia.
		Egbert returned to England in 802 and was recognized as king of Wessex.
		In 800 at the decease of King Brithric, Egbert was called by the voice of his countrymen to assume the Government of Wessex, and he subsequently succeeded in reducing all the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy under his sway.
	www.bdhhfamily.com /egbert_king_of_england.htm (1890 words)

	COON-KUHN - STEADMAN Connections
		was born in 1315 in Elmshall, Yorkshire, England.
		was born in 1345 in Elmshall, Yorkshire, England.
		was born in 1370 in Elmshall, Yorkshire, England.
	fp.enter.net /~mkuhn/b338.htm (673 words)

	england
		Not to be outdone, the Kings of Wessex developed a legendary ancestry beginning with the Biblical Adam and Eve.
		Eadred, King of England 946 - 955, born circa 924 and died on November 23, 955.
		Edward "the Martyr", King of England 975-978 was born in 963.
	www3.sympatico.ca /robert.sewell/england.html (3425 words)

	Anglo-Saxon Britain - map and history
		In the 820's a series of victories by Egbert, king of Wessex, broke Mercian control in the south east.
		The 9th century may well have turned into a struggle for the upper hand between Mercia and Wessex if not for one thing; England was once again the subject of recurring raids from across the seas.
		They made good use of fortified settlements as bases to expand, and their use of helmets, shields, chain mail, and particularly the long handled battle axe, meant they were better armed than most of their foes.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/Anglo-Saxon_Britain.htm (721 words)

	700000 people connected with European Royalty
		AKA: Editha Princess Of England Born: Abt 0910 - Of Wessex, England
		AKA: Ethile (Eadhilde) Princess Of England Born: Abt 0908 - Of, Wessex, England
		AKA: Elgiva Princess Of England, Elgiva Princess Of England Born: Abt 0912 -, Wessex, England
	www.e-familytree.net /f74.htm (2009 words)

	Section AKU: Descendants of King Cerdic of Wessex
		and (TB-2) Osberg, was born in Wantage, and died on 26 Oct. 899 in England
		and (AAH-2) Alfflaed, was born in 989, and died on 30 Nov. 1016 in England
		and Ealgyth, was born in 1016, and died in 1057 in England
	armidalesoftware.com /issue/full/Thaler_174_main.html (1265 words)

	Ethelwulf King Of WESSEX, b: 806 - Wessex, England
		Born: 848 - Of, Wantage, Berkshire, England Marr: - Ealhswith Queen Of ENGLAND Died: 26 OCT 901 - Winchester, Hampshire, England
		Born: 806 - Wessex, England Marr: - Osburh Queen Of WESSEX Died: 13 JAN 856/57 - England
		Born: 784 - Wessex, England Marr: - Queen Of WESSEX Redburh Died: 838 - Wessex, England
	clem.mscd.edu /~pekarekr/fam/GedHTree/ghtout/gp475.htm (250 words)

	Aethelwulf , King of Wessex, Kent & England/Osburh Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Born: ABT 0806 at: Wessex, England Married: 0830 at: Died: 13 Jan 0858 at: England Father:Egbert "The Great", under-King of Kent, Wessex & England Mother:Redburga (Raedburh) Other Spouses:
		Born: ABT 0810 at: Wessex, England Died: AFT 0876 at: Father:Oslac, Royal Cup Bearer of England Mother: Other Spouses:
		Name: Alfred "The Great", King of The West Saxons Born: 0849 at: Wantage, Berkshire, England Married: 0868 at: Died: 28 Oct 0899 at: Winchester, Hampshire, England Spouses: Eahlswith (Alswitha) of Mercia
	users.adelphia.net /~ve6gil/tree/fam00210.html (124 words)

	Saints of May 25
		He liked to play with words and his writing was so involved and obscure as often to be unintelligible; but his reading was extensive--so extensive that he has been described as the first English librarian.
		Born in Northumbria, England, 673; died at Jarrow, England, on May 25, 735; named Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1899.
		Gregory was generally successful with his reforms in England except in the matter of lay investiture, which right William the Conqueror refused to surrender; gradually Gregory succeeded in France by replacing practically the whole episcopate; but in Germany and northern Italy he met continued resistance.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0525.htm (5456 words)

	The Mirror (London, England): The Wessex girl joke book..; How many Wessex Girls does it take to change a light-bulb? ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ever since Sophie Rhys-Jones became the Countess of Wessex, a string of upmarket Wessex girls jokes have started.
		Just as Princess Diana's marriage to Charles spawned thousands of Sloane Ranger jokes and Fergie helped put yuppies on the map, Sophie is about to do the same for an ancient but extinct kingdom.
		The above preview is from The Mirror (London, England), June 25, 1999.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:60448657&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (250 words)

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		He assumed the throne of Wessex upon his father's death in 839.
		His reign is characterized by the usual Viking invasions and repulsions common to all English rulers of the time, but the making of war was not his chief claim to fame.
		The marriage to Judith, which was probably considered as likely to lead to a change in the succession to the injury of Ethelbald and the other West-Saxon ethelings, was the primary cause of the conspiracy.
	www.frontiernet.net /~garynhelen/adameve/adameve/1783.htm (1528 words)

	Alfred the Great was born in Wessex, England 849AD
		Being the youngest of five sons, he had an unexpected rule, he showed signs of great intelligence at an early age and had many accomplishments as king, including driving the Danes out of England.
		The Danes had conquered all of England except for Wessex and Western Mercia, which they did attempt to conquer but failed due to Alfred’s military campaigns.
		Alfred had every person living in England, that wasn’t under the rule of the Danish, swear loyalty to him.
	sjhigh.nbed.nb.ca /sullivan/cf_web/grassroots/SJHS_essays\KingAlfred.htm (701 words)

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