Kingdom of Surrey

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The Kingdom of Surrey was a small early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now southeastern England, later absorbed into the larger realms of Mercia and Wessex.

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon kingdom
former polity
borderedBy Kingdom of Kent NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sussex NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED
capital uncertain
continent Europe
eventuallyIntegratedInto Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED
flourishedInCentury 7th century
8th century
followedBy Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED
governmentType monarchy
hasTerritory Surrey NERFINISHED
borderlands with Hampshire
borderlands with Kent
borderlands with Sussex
parts of modern Surrey
historicalRegion Home Counties NERFINISHED
languageUsed Old English
locatedIn early medieval England
southeastern England
modernLocationIncludes county of Surrey NERFINISHED
parts of Greater London
nameEtymology derived from Old English "Sūþrīge"
nameMeaning "southern region" or "southern district"
partiallyAbsorbedBy Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED
partOf Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED
politicalStatus small kingdom
sub-kingdom
predecessor post-Roman Britain local polities
recordedInSource Anglo-Saxon charters NERFINISHED
medieval chronicles
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism
Christianity
rulingEthnicGroup Anglo-Saxons NERFINISHED
successor Kingdom of England NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED
timePeriod early Middle Ages

Referenced by (2)

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Kingdom of Sussex borderedBy Kingdom of Surrey
Wulfhere of Mercia vassalageOver Kingdom of Surrey