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Also Known As Aelli • Aella
Flourished c.451 - c.500
Role In Heptarchy
Cynewulf
English poet
Aethelfrith
king of Bernicia and Deira
Oswiu
king of Northumbria
Oswald, Saint
Saint Oswald
king of Northumbria
Ceawlin
king of Wessex
Edwin
king of Northumbria
Raedwald
king of the East Angles
Aethelberht I
Aethelberht I
king of Kent
Vortigern
king of the Britons
Cadwallon
Welsh king of Gwynedd
Ceolwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Harold II
Harold II
king of England
Edward the Confessor and Duke William of Normandy, from the Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, 11th century, located at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Edward
king of England [1002?-1066]
St. Bede the Venerable
St. Bede the Venerable
Anglo-Saxon historian
Willibrord, Saint
Saint Willibrord
Anglo-Saxon missionary
Saint Benedict Biscop
English abbot
Tostig, earl of Northumbria
Anglo-Saxon earl
Offa
Offa
Anglo-Saxon king
Ethelred II, coin, 10th century; in the British Museum.
Ethelred the Unready
king of England

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