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Kingdom of Wessex
Kingdom of the West Saxons
Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain.
Wikipedia | Wessex
Statements about
Kingdom of Wessex
Continent
Europe
Locator Map Image
Coordinate Location
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51.2000°N 2.0000°W
Religion or Worldview
Anglo-Saxon Paganism
( - 7th century)
End Time
:
7th century
Christianity
(7th century - )
Start Time
:
7th century
Capital
Winchester
Inception
519
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa
Currency
Sceat
Dissolved, Abolished or Demolished Date
927
Part Of
Heptarchy
Follows
Kingdom of Mercia
Gewisse
Instance Of
Historical Country
Kingdom
Described by Source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q21600903
Encyclopedic Lexicon
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q26842991
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:
Wessex
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Wessex
Native Label
Ƿestseaxna rīċe
Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum
Official Language
West Saxon
Official Religion
Christianity
Basic Form of Government
Absolute Monarchy
Elective Monarchy
Language Used
West Saxon
Flag
Flag of the Kingdom of Wessex
Replaces
Kingdom of Sussex
(860)
Point in Time
:
860
Replaced By
Kingdom of England
(927)
Point in Time
:
927
Different From
Wessex
External Pages About Kingdom of Wessex
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
Interlingual Index
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