Heptarchy: Facts & Related Content
Facts
Date | c. 500 - c. 900 |
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Location | Essex • Kent • Northumbria • Wessex • England |
Participants | Anglo-Saxon • Danish |
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Key People

Aelle
Anglo-Saxon ruler [fl. 5th century]

Aethelfrith
king of Bernicia and Deira

Oswiu
king of Northumbria

Saint Oswald
king of Northumbria

Ceawlin
king of Wessex

Edwin
king of Northumbria

Raedwald
king of the East Angles

Vortigern
king of the Britons

Aethelberht I
king of Kent

Cadwallon
Welsh king of Gwynedd