Polity · 534 CE – 935 CE
Kingdom of Wessex
Ƿestseaxna rīċe
- Peak recorded area
- 96,900 km²
- 830 CE
- Data series
- 2
- 628 CE–851 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until Alfred the Great declared himself as King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886.
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Territory
29 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 935 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count2 obs · 628 CE–851 CE | 1battles851 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Wins | 1battles won851 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- West Saxon
- Currency
- sceat
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Kingdom of Wessex is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.