History of Wessex

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Changed: 1c1

One of the seven kingdoms from which England was formed in the 9th Century.

One of the seven kingdoms from which England was formed in about the 9th Century.

Added: 6a7

Winchester was said to be the capital, but other major settlements existed...

Added: 8a10,13

There is some evidence that kingship in Wessex was not rigidly hereditary. The strongest candidate from the pool of the senior families was elected or forced his control on the lesser kings. The internal feuding produced by this may have led to the delayed rise of Wessex as a full kingdom, but this is conjecture. ...more info required...

Added: 10a16,18

Wessex was used by [Thomas Hardy]? in his novels as an imaginary but parallel area of Southern England. The Heptarchy:

Changed: 12,21c20,30

*Essex *Kent *Sussex *Mercia *East Anglia *Northumbria ** Hwicce ** Dalraida / Strathclyde ** Whitghar

*Essex *Kent *Sussex? *Mercia? *[East Anglia]? *Northumbria? Minor Kingdoms or domains... * Hwicce? * Dalriada? / Strathclyde? * Whitghar?