King of the English

E100969
monarchical office royal title

King of the English was the medieval royal title held by the monarch who ruled over the English people and their kingdom before the Norman Conquest.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of the English canonical 21
Rex Anglorum et Francorum 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction English people ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup English ⓘ
associatedWithEvent unification of English kingdoms ⓘ
coronationSite Kingston upon Thames (historically) ⓘ
surface form: Kingston upon Thames

Westminster Abbey, London ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
country England ⓘ
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
feminineForm Queen of England ⓘ
surface form: Queen of the English
followedBy King of England ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
surface form: King of the English and of the Normans
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasGender male title ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
legitimizedBy coronation ⓘ
notableHolder Cnut the Great ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ
Edward the Confessor ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
Athelstan ⓘ
surface form: Æthelstan
originalForm Latin: rex Anglorum ⓘ
Old English: cyning Englena ⓘ
precededBy King of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
relatedTitle Bretwalda ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
King of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
religionAssociated Christianity ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority rule over the English kingdom ⓘ
rule over the English people ⓘ
seatOfPower London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Winchester ⓘ
successionType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
symbolOf sovereignty over the English ⓘ
timePeriod early Middle Ages ⓘ
late Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
titleHoldersCollectively Anglo-Saxon kings of England ⓘ
usedBeforeEvent Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
usedBy monarch of the English ⓘ
usedByDynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
surface form: Anglo-Saxon kings

House of Wessex ⓘ
usedIn Kingdom of England ⓘ
usedInDocuments diplomas ⓘ
royal charters ⓘ
writs ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward the Confessor → title → King of the English ⓘ
William the Conqueror → title → King of the English ⓘ
House of Wessex → dynasticTitle → King of the English ⓘ
Edith of Wessex → spouseTitle → King of the English ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → positionHeld → King of the English ⓘ
Edmund Ironside → title → King of the English ⓘ
Stephen of England → title → King of the English ⓘ
Edmund I of England → positionHeld → King of the English ⓘ
Edmund I of England → title → King of the English ⓘ
Edward the Martyr → positionHeld → King of the English ⓘ
King of Wessex → replacedBy → King of the English ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → positionHeld → King of the English ⓘ
Edgar the Peaceful → title → King of the English ⓘ
Eadred of England → positionHeld → King of the English ⓘ
Eadred of England → hasTitle → King of the English ⓘ
Eadwig of England → title → King of the English ⓘ
Portreeve of London → appointedBy → King of the English ⓘ
Cnut the Great → title → King of the English ⓘ
Stephen of Blois → title → King of the English ⓘ
Saint Edward → positionHeld → King of the English ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint Edward the Martyr
Rex Anglorum → meaning → King of the English ⓘ
Rex Anglorum → relatedTo → King of the English ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rex Anglorum et Francorum