Kings of Mercia, Wessex and the Norse Kingdom of York

Kings of Mercia, Wessex and the Norse Kingdom of York


Kings of Mercia

Creoda (son of Icel) c.585-593
Pybba (son of Creoda) 593-606
Ceorl (kinsman of Creoda) 606-626
Penda (son of Pybba) 626-655

Northumbrian Rule 655-658 with Mercian sub-king of Middle Anglia

Peada (son of Penda) 655-656

Mercian Rule

Wulfhere (son of Penda) 658-675
Aethelred I (brother of Wulfhere) 675-704
Coenred (son of Wulfhere) 704-709
Coelred (son of Aethelred) 709-716
Coelwald (son of Aetherlred) 716
Aethelbald (son of Alwih) 716-757
Beornred (line of Coenwalh) 757
Offa (son of Thingfrith, son of Eanulf) 757-796
Ecgfrith (son of Offa) 796
Coenwulf (line of Coenwalh) 796-821
Cenelm (St.) (son of Ceonwulf) 821
Ceolwulf I (line of Coenwalh) 821-823
Beornwulf (line of Beornred) 823-825
Ludecan 825-827
Wiglaf 827-828 (father-in-law of Coelwulf I's daughter)

Under Wessex Rule 828-830

Mercian Rule

Wiglaf (again) 830-840
Wigstan (St.) (grandson of Wiglaf) 840
Beorhtwulf (line of Beornwulf) 840-852
Burghred 852-874

Sub-Kings under Norse Rule

Ceolwulf II (line of Ceolwulf I) 874-879

Mercian Rule

Aethelred II "the Unready" 879-884

Lord/Ladies of the Mercians under Wessex Overlordship

Aethelred II "the Unready" 884-911 (as above)
Aethelflaed c.888- 918 (joint)
Aelfwynn 918-919

Kings of Wessex

Cerdic 519-534
Cynric (son or grandson (?) of Cerdic) 534-560
Ceawlin (son of Cynric) 560-591
Ceol (son of Cutha) 591-597
Ceolwulf (son of Cutha) 597-611
Cynegils (son of Ceol) 611-643
Cenwalh (son of Cynegils) 643-645

Under Mercian Rule 645-648

Wessex Rule

Cenwalh (again) 648-672
Seaxburh (Queen of Cenwalh) 672-674
Cenfus (line of Ceolwulf) 674
Aescwine (son of Cenfus) 674-676
Centwine (son of Cynegils) 676-685
Caedwalla (line of Ceawlin) 685-688
Ine (line of Ceawlin) 688-726
Aethelheard (brother-in-law of Ine) 726-740
Cuthred (kinsman of Aethelheard) 740-756
Sigeberht 756-757
Cynewulf 757-786
Beorhtric 786-802
Wessex Rule claimants to the title, 'King of the English'

Egbert (King of Wessex) 802-839
Aethelwulf 839-858
Aethelbald 858-860
Aethelbert 860-865
Aethelred I 865-871
Alfred "the Great" 871-884

In 884, King Alfred the Great's claim to be King of the English became a reality with the reduction of the Kingdoms of both Mercia and Bernicia to mere Lordships.

Wessex Kings of England

Edward "the Elder" (899-925)
Athelstan (925-940)
Edmund I "the Magnificent" (940-946)
Eadred (946-955)
Eadwig (Edwy) All-Fair (955-959)
Edgar "the Peaceable" (959-975)
Edward the Martyr (975-978)
Aethelred II "the Unready" (978-1016)
Edmund II "Ironside" (1016)

The Danes took over the kingship of Wessex until the arrival of William the Conqueror in 1066

William "The Conqueror"
Henry "Beauclerc"

Norse Kings of York

Halfdan I Ragnarson 876-877

Nominal Bernician Rule 877-883

Norse Kings of York

Guthfrith I Hardicnutson 883-895
Sigfrid 895-900
Cnut 900-902
Ethelwald 902
Halfdan II 902-910
Eowils Ragnarson 902-910 (joint)
Ragnall I Ivarrson 910-920
Sigtrygg Caech the Squinty 920-927

Norse Claimants under Wessex Rule

Guthfrith II Ivarrson 927-934
Olaf I Guthfrithsson 934-939

Norse Kings of York

Olaf I Guthfrithsson (again) 939-941
Olaf II Cuaran the Sandal 941-943
Ragnall II Guthfrithsson 943-944

Wessex Rule 944-947

Norse Kings of York

Erik Bloodaxe 947-948
Olaf II Cuaran the Sandal 949-952 (again)
Erik Bloodaxe 952-954 (again)
The Kingdom of York was regained by the English in 954.

High-Reeves of Bamburgh

Eadulf ?-913
Ealdred I (son of Eadulf) 913-930
Osulf (son of Ealdred) 930-963
Waltheof (son of Osulf) 963-970
Uchtred the Bold (son of Waltheof) 995-1016
Eadulf I (son of Waltheof) 1016-1019
Ealdred II (son of Uchtred) 1019-1038
Eadulf II 1038-1041 (son of Uchtred)