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Died 593
Title / Office king (560-592), Wessex
Role In Heptarchy
Beorhtric
king of Wessex
Ceolwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Edward the Elder
Edward
Anglo-Saxon king
Egbert, from an undated engraving
Egbert
king of Wessex
Aethelfrith
king of Bernicia and Deira
Oswiu
king of Northumbria
Aethelred I
Aethelred I
king of Wessex and Kent
Oswald, Saint
Saint Oswald
king of Northumbria
Ine
king of Wessex
Edwin
king of Northumbria
Aethelwulf, coin, 9th century; in the British Museum
Aethelwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Cerdic
Cerdic
king of Wessex
Raedwald
king of the East Angles
Cenwalh
king of Wessex
Cynegils
king of Wessex
Aethelberht I
Aethelberht I
king of Kent
Centwine
king of Wessex
Aelle
Anglo-Saxon ruler [fl. 5th century]
Caedwalla
king of Wessex

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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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