Anglo-Saxon Kings of England

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Anglo-Saxon Kings

Monarch	Born	Born where	Ruled	Died	Died where	Buried	Lineage	Portrait
Athelstan 1	c. 895	n/a	927-939	939	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire	Son of Edward the Elder	Portrait
Edmund I	921	n/a	939-946	946	Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire Murdered by an outlaw at a feast	Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset	Son of Edward the Elder	n/a
Edred	c. 923	n/a	946-955	955	Frome, Somerset	Winchester, Hampshire	Son of Edward the Elder	Portrait
Edwy	c. 941	n/a	955-959	959	Gloucester, Gloucestershire	Winchester, Hampshire	Son of Edmund I	Portrait
Edgar	944	n/a	959-975	975	Winchester, Hampshire	Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset	Son of Edmund I	Portrait
Edward the Martyr 2	c. 962	n/a	975-978	978	Corfe Castle, Dorset Murdered by supporters of his half-brother and successor Ethelred	Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset	Son of Edgar	n/a
Ethelred II, the Unready	c. 968	n/a	978-1013	1016	London	St Paul's Cathedral, London	Son of Edgar	n/a
See Danish Kings			1013-1014	1
Ethelred II, the Unready Ruled again	See above		1014-1016	See above
Edmund II, Ironside	c. 993	n/a	Apr-Nov 1016	1016	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset	Son of Ethelred the Unready	Portrait
See Danish Kings			1016-1042	1
Edward the Confessor	c. 1003	Islip, Oxfordshire	1042-1066	1066	Westminster Palace, London	Westminster Abbey, London	Son of Ethelred the Unready	n/a
Harold II, Godwinesson 3	c. 1022	n/a	Jan-Oct 1066	1066	Senlac, Sussex Killed by an arrow at the Battle of Hastings	Waltham Abbey, Essex	Nominated by Edward the Confessor	n/a

Notes

1. Athelstan is seen as the first king of all England. In 924 he united the kingdom of Wessex with Mercia and in 927 with Northumbria, effectively creating England.

2. Edward the Martyr was originally buried at Wareham in Dorset before being moved to Shaftesbury Abbey in 980.

3. Harold II became the first Anglo-Saxon monarch not to come from the ancient line of Wessex kings. His nomination by the dying and childless Edward the Confessor displeased William, Duke of Normandy who believed he had been assured the crown on Edward's death. William invaded England and defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings ending the Anglo-Saxon rule of England and bringing in the Normans.