Although Wessex had now effectively been subsumed into the larger kingdom which its expansion had created, like the other former kingdoms, it continued for a time to have a distinct identity which periodically found renewed political expression.
Kuigi Wessex oli nüüd tõhusalt liidetud suuremasse kuningriiki, mille see laienemine lõi, nagu teisedki endised kuningriigid, jätkas see mõnda aega erineva identiteediga, mis leidis perioodiliselt uue poliitilise väljenduse.