House of Wessex

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English royal house royal dynasty

The House of Wessex was the early medieval English royal dynasty that produced many of the Anglo-Saxon kings, including Alfred the Great and the rulers of a unified England before the Norman Conquest.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
House of Wessex (by marriage)	1
Wessex dynasty	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English royal house ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ
capital	Winchester ⓘ
coatOfArms	golden wyvern on red field (later attribution) ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
dissolved	1066 ⓘ
dynasticTitle	King of Wessex ⓘ King of the English ⓘ
endTime	1066 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Saxons ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxons
followedBy	House of Normandy ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasNotableMember	King Alfred the Great ⓘ surface form: Alfred the Great Athelstan ⓘ Eadred of England ⓘ Eadwig of England ⓘ Edgar the Peaceful ⓘ Edgar Ætheling ⓘ Edmund Ironside ⓘ Edward the Confessor ⓘ Edward the Elder ⓘ Edward the Martyr ⓘ Egbert of Wessex ⓘ Emma of Normandy ⓘ Harold Godwinson ⓘ Harthacnut ⓘ Ælfthryth of Wessex ⓘ Æthelberht of Wessex ⓘ Æthelred I of Wessex ⓘ Æthelred the Unready ⓘ Æthelstan Atheling ⓘ Æthelwulf, King of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Æthelwulf of Wessex
historicalEra	Early Middle Ages ⓘ High Middle Ages ⓘ surface form: High Middle Ages (early 11th century)
language	Old English ⓘ
namedAfter	Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
partOf	Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ surface form: Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England
predecessor	early West Saxon chieftains ⓘ
region	southern England ⓘ surface form: Southern England
religion	Christianity ⓘ Paganism ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Edington ⓘ Norman Conquest of England ⓘ Great Heathen Army ⓘ surface form: Viking invasions of England unification of England ⓘ
startTime	6th century ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile → associatedWith → House of Wessex ⓘ

Ealdgyth → associatedWith → House of Wessex ⓘ

House of Dunkeld → dynasticConnection → House of Wessex ⓘ

King Alfred the Great → dynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ

subject surface form: Alfred the Great

Edgar Ætheling → dynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ

Edward the Confessor → dynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ

Agatha → family → House of Wessex ⓘ

this entity surface form: House of Wessex (by marriage)

Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile → house → House of Wessex ⓘ

Edward the Confessor → house → House of Wessex ⓘ

Edward the Exile → house → House of Wessex ⓘ

Cristina of England → memberOfDynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ

Cristina, daughter of Edward the Exile → nobleFamily → House of Wessex ⓘ

Margaret of Wessex → nobleFamily → House of Wessex ⓘ

Edward the Exile → notableFamily → House of Wessex ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wessex dynasty

Kingdom of England → royalHouse → House of Wessex ⓘ