Saxon Rulers

England was divided into several small kingdoms which were eventually united under the kings of Wessex.

Northumbria

Kings

Aethelfrith	593-616	son of Aethelric of Bernicia	Acha daughter of Aelle of Deira
Edwin	616-33	son of Aelle of Deira	Aethelburh daughter of Aethelbehrt I Kent
Oswald	633-41	son of Aethelfrith	daughter of Cynegils of Wessex
Oswy	641-70	son of Aethelfrith	Rhiainfellt of Rheged
Ecgfrith	670-85		Aethelthryth daughter of Anna of East Anglia
Aldfrith	685-704		Cuthburh, sister of Ine of Wessex
Coenred	716-8	son of Cuthwine, descendant of Ida
Ceolwulf	729-37	brother of Coenred
Eadbehrt	737-58	cousin of Ceolwulf
Oswulf	758	son of Eadbehrt
Alhred	765-74	descendant Ida of Bernicia
Aelfwald	778-88	son of Oswulf
Osred II	788-92	son of Alhred
Aethelred	c 792		Aelfflaed, daughter of Offa of Mercia
Ragnald	c 919
Edgar	957 + Eng, Mercia		1 Aethelflead 2 Wulfthryth
3 Aelfthryth of Devon

Earls

Thored	c 970
Waltheof	-1006 beyond Tees
Uhtred	1006-16	son of Waltheof	1 Ecgthryth of Durham 2 Sigen 3 Aelfgifu, daughter of Eththelred II of England
Eadwulf	1016 beyond Tees	son of Waltheof
Aldred	-1038	son of Uhtred (1st m)
Eadwulf	1038-41 beyond Tees	son of Uhtred (1st m)
Siward	1041-55		Aelfflaed, daughter of Aldred
Earl Tostig	dep 1065	brother of Harold II of England	Judith, daughter of Baldwin IV of Flanders
Morcar	1065-6 dep	son of Aelfgar of Mercia
Gospatric	1068 + Dunbar	grandson of Uhtred
Oswulf	1068 beyond Tees	son of Eadwulf
Waltheof	1072-6 (+ H'don)	son of Siward	Judith, neice of William I of England

Deira

Yffe	-560
Aelle	560-88	son of Yffe
Osric	632-3	son of Aelfric, Aelle's brother
Oswine	killed 651	son of Osric

Bernicia

Ida	547-68
Aethelric	568-72
Eanfrith	632-3	grandson of Aethelric	Pictish princess
Aethelwald	c 651-4	nephew of Eanfrith
Ahlfrith	c 664	son of Oswy of Northumbria
Aelfwine	killed 679 sub-king	brother Ahlfrith

Essex

Offa	c 700		Cyneswith, daughter of Penda of Mercia

Mercia

Ceorl	c 600
Pybba
Penda	632-54	son of Pybba	Cynewise
Peada	654-6 + Mid Ang	son of Penda	Alhflead, daughter of Oswy of Northumbria
Wulfhere	657-74		Eormenhild d E'behrt of Kent
Aethelred	667-704		Osthryth d Oswy N'bria
Merewala	c 700 East Mercia		Eormenburh d E'raed of Kent
Coenred	704-09	son of Wulfhere
Ceolred	709-16	son of Aethelred	Waerburh
Offa	757-96	descended from Eawa, son of Pybba	Cynethryth
Ecgfrith	796	son of Offa
Coenwulf	796-821	descended from Cenwalh, son of Pybba	Aelfthryth
Ceolwulf I	821-3	brother of Coenwulf
Wiglaf			Aelflead, daughter of Ceolwulf I
Burgred	c 850		Aethelswith, sister of Alfred
Edgar	957 + Eng, N'bria
Leofwine	-c 1023	ealdorman of Hwicce
Leofric	c 1023-57 earl of M	son of Leofwine	Godgifu (Lady Godiva)
Aelfgar	1051-7-65 + E Ang	son of Leofric	Aelfgifu
Edwin	1065-6 d 1071	son of Aelfgar

Wessex

Cerdic	d 534
Creoda		son of Cerdic
Cynric	d 560	son of Creoa
Ceawlin	560-92	son of Cynric
Ceol	591-7	son of Cutha, brother of Ceawlin
Ceolwulf	597-611	brother of Ceol
Cynegils	611-41	son of Ceolwulf
Coenbehrt	d 661	grandson of Ceawlin
Cenwalh	641-72	son of Cynegils	1 daughter of Pybba of Mercia 2 Seaxburh
Seaxburh	672-3	wife of Cenwalh
Caedwalla	685-8	son of Coenbehrt
Ine	688-726	son of Cenred, descendant of Ceawlin
Beohrtric	c 796		Eadburh, daughter of Offa of Mercia
Aethelwulf	839-58 (England)	son of Egbert of Wessex
Aethelbald	858-60	son of Aethelwulf
Aethelbehrt	860-5	son of Aethelwulf
Aethelred I	865-71	son of Aethelwulf
Alfred	871-99	son of Aethelwulf	Ealhswith
Earl Godwine	1018-53	father of Harold II of England	Gytha, daughter of Jarl Thorgils

East Anglia

Anna	-654		Saewara
Aethelric			Hereswith, great-granddaughter of Aelle of Deira
Athelhere	c 656
Ealdwulf	663-713	son of Aethelric
Aelfwold	d 749	son of Ealdwulf
Ulfcytel	c 1000		Wulfhild, daughter of Eththelred the Unready
Harold	1045 + England and Mercia	son of Godwin of Wessex	Ealdgyth, daughter of Aelfgar of Mercia
Gyrth	1057-66 died at Hastings	brother of Harold

Kent

Aethelbehrt I	560-616		Bertha, daughter of the Frankish king
Eadbald	616-40	son of Aethelbald	Ymme
Eorcenberht	640-64	son of Eadbald	Seaxburh d Anna EA
Eormenraed	joint king	son of Eadbald	Oslafa
Egbert	664-73	son of Eorcenbehrt
Hlothhere	673-85	son of Eorcenbehrt
Eadric	674-86	son of Egbert
Wihtred	690-725	son of Egbert
Aethelbehrt	725-62	son of Wihtred
Ealhmund	c 784
Cuthred	798-807	brother of Ceolwulf I of Mercia
Egbert	+ Wessex and England	son of Ealhmund
Aethelstan	839-51	brother of Alfred the Great

England

The kings of Wessex became overlords of all the Saxon kingdoms and were later recognised as Kings of England with the other kingdoms remaining as earldoms.

Egbert	827-39	Wessex + Eng
Ethelwulf	839-58	son of Egbert	1 Osburh 2 Judith daughter of Charles the Bald of France
Ethelbald	858-60	son of Ethelwulf
Ethelbert	858-65	son of Ethelwulf
Ethelred I	865-71	son of Ethelwulf
Alfred the Great	871-99	son of Ethewulf	Eahlswith
Edward the Elder	899-924	son of Alfred the Great	1 Ecgwynn 2 Aelflead 3
Athelstan	924-39	son of Edward the Elder (1st m)
Edmund I	939-46	son of Edward the Elder (3rd m)	1 Aelfgifu 2 Aethelflead of Darmerham 3 Eadgifu
Eadred	946-55	son of Edward the Elder (3rd m)
Eadwig/Edwy	955-59	son of Edmund I	Aelfgifu
Edgar	959-75	son of Edmund I	1 Aethelflead 2 Wulfthryth 3 Aelfthryth of Devon
Edward the Martyr	975-78	son of Edgar (1st m)
Ethelred II the Unready	978-1016	son of Edgar	1 Aelflead of Northumbria 2 Emma (Aelfgifu) of Normandy
Edmund Ironside	1016	son of Ethelred (1st m)	Edith, widow of Sigeferth
Canute the Dane	1017-35	son of Sweyn Forkbeard	1 Alfgifu 2 Emma
Harold I	1035-40	son of Canute (1st m)
Hardicanute	1040-42	son of Canute and Emma
Edward the Confessor	1042-66	son of Ethelred and Emma	Edith, sister of Harold II
Harold II	1066	son of Godwin of Wessex

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This collection of names compiled by Kate Monk. Copyright January 1997, Kate Monk. Last updated November, 97. Copies may be made for personal use only.