List of monarchs of Wessex
Monarchs of the West Saxons (Wessex)

List of monarchs of Wessex

Section Title: Monarchs of the West Saxons (Wessex)
Table Section Text: None

Reign	Incumbent	Notes

The Kingdom of the Gewissae

Cerdicing dynasty

519 to 534	Cerdic	Possibly Celtic, Brythonic, name.

534 to 560	Cynric	Son, or according to some sources grandson, of Cerdic.

560 to 591	Ceawlin	Son of Cynric. Possibly Celtic, Brythonic, name.

591 to 597	Ceol	Nephew of Ceawlin, grandson of Cynric.

597 to 611	Ceolwulf	Brother of Ceol, grandson of Cynric.

611 to 643	Cynegils	Sources derive him from Cynric, but name different dynasty members as his father. Possibly Celtic, Brythonic, name

c. 626 to 636	Cwichelm	Co-ruler with Cynegils, perhaps his son of this name.

643 to 645	Cenwalh	Son of Cynegils. Possibly Celtic, Brythonic, name; Deposed

Mercian dynasty

645 to 648	Penda	King of Mercia, expelled Cenwalh.

Cerdicing dynasty

648 to 674	Cenwalh	Restored; reigned jointly with his wife Queen Seaxburh 672 to 674.

672 to 674	Seaxburh	Reigned jointly with her husband Cenwalh until his death 674

674	Cenfus	(Disputed) Perhaps reigned between Seaxburh and his son Æscwine. Given a remote descent from Cynric.

674 to 676	Æscwine	Son of Cenfus.

676 to 685	Centwine	Traditionally son of Cynegils, but this is disputed. Deposed by Cædwalla

685 to 688	Cædwalla	Perhaps descendant of Ceawlin. Usurper; abdicated, possibly of British origin.

688 to 726	Ine	Descendant of Ceawlin. Abdicated

726 to 740	Æthelheard	Perhaps brother-in-law of Ine.

740 to 756	Cuthred	Relative, possibly brother, of Æthelheard.

756 to 757	Sigeberht	Distant relative of Cuthred. Deposed (and killed?) by Cynewulf

757 to 786	Cynewulf	Assassinated by Cyneheard, brother of Sigeberht

786 to 802	Beorhtric

802 to 839	Ecgberht	Descendant of Ine's brother.

839 to 858	Æthelwulf	Son of Ecgberht.

858 to 860	Æthelbald	Son of Æthelwulf.

860 to 865	Æthelberht	Son of Æthelwulf.

865 to 871	Æthelred	Son of Æthelwulf.

871 to 899	Alfred the Great	Son of Æthelwulf. The only Anglo-Saxon monarch to be given the epithet "the Great".

899 to 924	Edward the Elder	Son of Alfred. Died 17 July 924

924	Ælfweard?	Second son of Edward the Elder. Died 2 August 924, only 16 days after his father.

924 to 927	Æthelstan	First son of Edward the Elder. Became King of the English in 927 when the Northumbrians accepted his lordship.

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Beorhtric was the King of Wessex from 786 to 802, succeeding Cynewulf.

final_sentence: Beorhtric was the King of Wessex from 786 to 802, succeeding Cynewulf.