Anglo-Saxon Kings

The foremost of the kings of Anglo-Saxon England was known as the Bretwalda until Alfred the Great.

The separate kingdoms which made up Anglo-Saxon England were:

The Heptarchy:

• Kent
• Northumbria
• Wessex
• Essex
• Sussex
• Mercia
• East Anglia

Subkingdoms of Northumbria:

• Bernicia
• Deira

Others:

• Isle of Wight
• Surrey
• Kingdom of the Iclingas
• Lindsey
• Hwicce
• Dalriada / Strathclyde
• Whitghar

[..to be continued.. sjc ]