House of Wessex

The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, was an Anglo-Saxon dynasty that ruled the kingdoms of Wessex and England. This famous bloodline of English aristocrats was founded by Danish conqueror Cerdic, the leader of the Saxon settlement of England who killed rival Brittonnic king Natanleod in 508.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Notes from Eivor's travels: "Wincestre Seminary: Bloody History" For much of their history, the family were loyal members of the Order of the Ancients, with the rank of Grand Maegester passed down as inheritance to the next line.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga – Chapter 16Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Poor Fellow-Soldier Notable members included Æthelwulf and his descendants Æthelred I, King Alfred, and Queen Æthelflæd.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Romeo and Aethelflaed Alfred brought down the last vestiges of the Order in 878 and reformed it into the Templar Order with the unwitting help of the Raven Clan Viking Eivor Varinsdottir.
The dynasty came to an end in 1125 when died without any male heirs and failed to secure the English throne. By then, the had become the rulers of England after William the Conqueror deposed in 1066. However the Wessex bloodline would continue for centuries through the marriage of and .
==Notable members==
===Kings of Wessex===
Wiki noimage.jpg|Cerdicc. 519 – 534
Wiki noimage.jpg|Cynric534 – 560
ACV Æscwine's Tomb.png|Æscwinec. 675 – c. 676
Wiki noimage.jpg|Ine689 – 726
Wiki noimage.jpg|Æthelwulf839 – 858
ACV BB - Æthelred.jpg|Æthelred I865 – 871
ACV Menu Render Aelfred.png|Alfred871 – 886
===Kings of England===
ACV Menu Render Aelfred.png|Alfred886 – c. 899
Wiki noimage.jpg|Edward the Elder899 – 924
Wiki noimage.jpg|Æthelstanc. 924 – c. 939
Wiki noimage.jpg|Edgar the Peacefulc. 959 – c. 975
Wiki noimage.jpg|Æthelred the Unreadyc. 978 – 10131014 – 1016
Wiki noimage.jpg|Edward the Confessorc. 1042 - c. 1066
===Queens===
ACV Eahlswith.PNG|EalhswithWessex England 
ACV - Aethelflaed.png|ÆthelflædMercia 
==Appearances==
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga
==References==
Category:Templar lineages
Category:Order of the Ancients