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King Wessex is in Wessex.
In 519 Cerdic King Wessex was appointed as the first King Wessex.
In 534 Cerdic King Wessex died. His son Cynric succeeded King Wessex.
In 592 Ceawlin King Wessex was killed at the Battle of Wanborough. His nephew Ceol succeeded King Wessex.
In 611 King Cynegils of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
Around 641 King Cynegils of Wessex died. His son Cenwalh succeeded King Wessex.
In 676 Escwin King Wessex died. His great uncle Centwine succeeded King Wessex.
In 685 King Cædwalla of Wessex (age 26) succeeded King Wessex.
In 688 King Cædwalla of Wessex (age 29) Abdicated as King Wessex. In 688 His second cousin once removed Ine (age 18) succeeded King Wessex.
In 728 King Ine of Wessex (age 58) died. Æthelheard King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
In 740 Æthelheard King of Wessex died. Cuthred King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 756 Cuthred King of Wessex died. Sigeberht King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
In 757 Sigeberht King of Wessex was forced from the throne of Wessex. Cynewulf King of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
In 786 Cynewulf King of Wessex was killed by Cyneheard the Ætheling at Merton, Surrey while visiting his [Cynewulf's] mistress. King Beorhtric of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
In 802 King Egbert of Wessex (age 29) succeeded King Wessex.
In 839 King Egbert of Wessex (age 66) died. His son Æthelwulf succeeded King Wessex.
On 13th January 858 King Æthelwulf of Wessex died. His son Æthelbald succeeded King Wessex.
In 860 King Æthelbald of Wessex died. His brother Æthelberht succeeded King Wessex.
In 865 King Æthelberht of Wessex died. His brother Æthelred (age 18) succeeded King Wessex. Wulfthryth Unknown Queen Anglo Saxons by marriage Queen Anglo Saxons.
In 865 Æthelhelm Prince Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
Ceawlin King Wessex succeeded King Wessex.