Heptarchy

E182995

historical period political configuration

The Heptarchy was the collective name for the seven main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that dominated early medieval England before its unification.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Heptarchy canonical	25
Heptarchy (broadly construed)	3
Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England	3
Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy	1
Anglo-Saxon monarchy	1
Heptarchy (broadly construed Anglo-Saxon kingdoms)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ political configuration ⓘ
appliesTo	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
characteristic	frequent warfare between kingdoms ⓘ shifting dominance among kingdoms ⓘ
consistsOf	Kingdom of the East Angles ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of East Anglia Kingdom of Essex ⓘ Kingdom of Kent ⓘ Mercia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Mercia Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ Kingdom of Sussex ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
culture	Anglo-Saxons ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon
dominantPowerAtTimes	Mercia ⓘ Northumbria ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
endEvent	unification of England under Æthelstan ⓘ
endTime	10th century ⓘ
endTimeApprox	c. 927 ⓘ
followedBy	Kingdom of England ⓘ
hasConceptOrigin	early English historiography ⓘ
hasMainKingdom	Kingdom of the East Angles ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of East Anglia Kingdom of Essex ⓘ Kingdom of Kent ⓘ Mercia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Mercia Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ Kingdom of Sussex ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
language	Old English ⓘ
locatedIn	island of Great Britain ⓘ present-day England ⓘ
notableRulerAssociated	King Alfred the Great ⓘ surface form: Alfred the Great of Wessex Offa of Mercia ⓘ
politicalDevelopment	emergence of overlordship (bretwaldas) ⓘ
politicalStructure	multiple independent kingdoms ⓘ
precededBy	Roman Britain ⓘ
relatedConcept	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ unification of England ⓘ
religion	Anglo-Saxon paganism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ
startTime	5th century ⓘ
startTimeApprox	c. 500 ⓘ
termUsedBy	early modern historians ⓘ medieval chroniclers ⓘ
timePeriod	early Middle Ages ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Mercia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Northumbria → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Wessex → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Middle Saxons → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heptarchy (broadly construed)

Kingdom of the East Angles → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

subject surface form: Edmund the Martyr

this entity surface form: Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England

Æthelberht of Wessex → historicalRegion → Heptarchy ⓘ

Saxons → associatedWith → Heptarchy ⓘ

King of Wessex → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon monarchy

House of Offa → historicalContext → Heptarchy ⓘ

Penda of Mercia → historicalPeriod → Heptarchy ⓘ

Wulfhere of Mercia → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Battle of Maserfield → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Bernicia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heptarchy (broadly construed Anglo-Saxon kingdoms)

Kingdom of Bernicia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Æthelred of Mercia → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Deira → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heptarchy (broadly construed)

Deira → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heptarchy (broadly construed)

King Edwin of Northumbria → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Burgred of Mercia → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Battle of Ellendun → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Northumbria → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Kent → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Sussex → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Essex → region → Heptarchy ⓘ

Kingdom of Essex → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy

Æthelberht of Kent → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Rædwald of East Anglia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England

Anna of East Anglia → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Battle of the River Idle → era → Heptarchy ⓘ

Æthelberht II of East Anglia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England

Eorpwald of East Anglia → historicalPeriod → Heptarchy ⓘ

Æthelwold of East Anglia → historicalRegion → Heptarchy ⓘ

Æthelwold of East Anglia → partOf → Heptarchy ⓘ