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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
House of Wessex canonical 51
Wessex dynasty 4
Anglo-Saxon kings 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 (62)

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

Æthelstan Atheling → house → House of Wessex ⓘ
Æthelstan Atheling → nobleFamily → House of Wessex ⓘ
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians → marriedInto → House of Wessex ⓘ
Eadgyth of England → nobleFamily → House of Wessex ⓘ
Eadgyth of England → dynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wessex dynasty
Cerdic of Wessex → dynastyFounded → House of Wessex ⓘ
Cerdic of Wessex → dynastyFounded → House of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Saxon dynasty
Cynric of Wessex → partOf → House of Wessex ⓘ
Ceawlin of Wessex → dynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ
Housecarl infantry of Harold Godwinson → allegiance → House of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon monarchy
Saint Edward → dynasty → House of Wessex ⓘ
subject surface form: Saint Edward the Martyr
English monarchs → hasPart → House of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wessex monarchs