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...
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Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (redirect from Edward Windsor, Earl of Wessex)
around fitness, wellbeing and community service. Edward was created Earl of Wessex prior to marrying Sophie Rhys-Jones in 1999. They have two children: Lady...
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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (redirect from Sophie, the Countess of Wessex)
Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and James Mountbatten-Windsor, Earl of Wessex, who are respectively sixteenth and fifteenth in line to the British throne...
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also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In...
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Britain, being the founder and first king of Wessex, reigning from around 519 to 534 AD. Subsequent kings of Wessex were each claimed by the Chronicle to descend...
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Æthelbald (died 860) was King of Wessex from 855 or 858 to 860. He was the second of five sons of King Æthelwulf. In 850, Æthelbald's elder brother Æthelstan...
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Look up Wessex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in early medieval England. Wessex or West Saxon may also refer to:...
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English: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf...
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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; died 15 April 1053) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the...
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The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34. It was developed and produced under licence by Westland Aircraft...
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