(895 – 939)
(son of edward the elder)
(conquered northumbria in 937)
(first to be given the title “rex anglorum”)
“rex anglorum”
(“king of the english”)
offa of mercia was the first to hold this title
(though his power did not survive him)
(in the 9th century, england was ruled by the “kings of wessex”)
(they conquered kent + sussex from mercia in 825)
“heptarchy”:
(seven anglo-saxon kingdoms during ‘late antiquity’ and ‘early middle ages’)
NORTHUMBRIA
MERCIA
EAST ANGLIA
ESSEX
KENT
SUSSEX
WESSEX
YEAR 927:
(“King Constantine II” of ‘Scotland’, “King Hywel Dda” of ‘Deheubarth’, “Ealdred of Bamburgh”, and “King Owain” of the ‘Cumbrians’ accepted the overlordship of “King Æthelstan” of ‘England’, leading to 7 years of peace in the north)