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Kingdom of Wessex

519 – 927
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The most successful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, whose kings Alfred and Aethelstan used it as the base for unifying England into a single realm by the early 10th century.

Transformed into the Kingdom of England in 927 when Æthelstan conquered the last Viking stronghold of York and adopted the title 'King of the English'.

Borders in 827 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Kingdom of Wessex — the shape you scrub through changes in 519 · 827.

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