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Personal data Baeldaeg of Wessex 

• He was born before 275.
• A child of Woden of Wessex

Household of Baeldaeg of Wessex

Child(ren):

1. Brond of Wessex  < 300-???? 

Notes about Baeldaeg of Wessex

The Saxon Heptarchy - the Kingdom of Wessex There are eight kings of Wessex listed who are either mythical or are lost in history, namely '''Woden, Baeldaeg, Brand, Freothogar, Fraewine, Wig, Gewis and Esla.''' '''Cerdic''' (unrecorded - 519) - Claimed decent from Woden. '''Cerdic''' (519 - 534)- He took the Isle of Wight. '''Cynric''' (534 - 560) - He took the area around Searobyrig or Old Sarum. '''Ceawlin''' (560 - 591) - He expanded the kingdom to include most of southern England north of Aylesbury, and lost the throne after the battle of Wanborough in Wiltshire. '''Ceol''' (591 - 597) - Came to the throne after he defeated Ceawlin at the battle of Wanborough. '''Ceolwulf''' (597 - 611) '''Cynegils''' (611 - 643) - He allowed the establishment of Bishop Birinus at Dorchester in 636. '''Cenwalh''' (643 - 672) - Deposed in 651, he was baptised while in exile with Christian king Anna of East Anglia. He returned to the throne in 660. '''Aescwine''', Centwine and Queen Seaxburh (672 - 685) - Listed monarchs with no dates of rule given, and it is possible they shared rule. '''Caedwalla''' (685 - 688) - He left the throne in 688, then went to Rome and was baptised. He died in Rome in 689. '''Ine''' (688 - 726) - He expanded the kingdom of Wessex into Devon. The builder of the second church at Glastonbury and, in 726, he abdicated and took a pilgrimage to Rome. '''Beorhtric''' (786 - 802) - He died after his wife poisoned him. '''Egbert''' (802 - 839) '''Aethelwulf''' (839 - 855) - Forced to abdicate in favour of his son '''Aethelbad''' (855 - 860) '''Aethelbert''' (860 - 866) - His reign was troubled by Danish raids in Kent, Hampshire and Northumbria. '''Ethelred I''' (866 - 871) - Danish raids were causing disruption. Ethelred I was defeated by the Danes at the Battle of Reading in 871. He managed to defeat the Danish army at the Battle of Ashdown. He continued the resistance and was defeated at the battle of Basing, and was killed at the battle of Merton in 871. '''Alfred the Great''' (871 - 899) - He managed to stop the advance of the Danes and was the first king to call himself King of the Anglo-Saxons. He fought several successful battles against the Danes at Englefield in 870 and at Reading and Ashdown in 871. He was defeated at Basing and Marden the same year, and retreated to Athelney fort. By 878 Alfred was ready to fight back; he led his forces in a succession of battles starting in 879, and ending at the Battle of Edington. This led to the treaty of Wedmore, establishing the Danelaw (Danish Lands) north of Watling Street, with Wessex and its supporters occupying the lands to the south. This was not the end of the fighting, but the Kingdom of Wessex was firmly established. '''Edward I, Edward the Elder''' (899 - 924) - He died at the battle of Farndon-Upon-Dee. '''Aethelstan''' (924 - 939) - Thought of as first King of England. At Bamburgh the other kings of the Heptarchy acknowledged Aethelstan as the high king. '''Edmund I''' (939 - 946) '''Eadred''' (946 - 955) '''Edwig''' (955 - 959) '''Edgar''' (959 - 975) - Proclaimed as King north of the Thames by Mercian nobles. At Chester in 974, he also received a pledge of loyalty from six kings of Britain, Scotland and Strathclyde. His reign was noted as a peaceful one; he established many religious houses and restored the Benedictine Rule in England. '''Edward II, the Martyr''' (975 - 978) '''Ethelred II, the Unready''' (978 - 1016) '''Edmund II''', Ironside (1016) '''Canute''' (1016 - 1035) '''Alfred''' (1035 - 1036) '''Harold I, Harefoot''' (1036 - 1040) '''Hardicanute''' (1040 - 1042) '''Edward III,''' the Confessor (1042 - 1066) - Regarded as a Saint by the Church. He left no heirs to take over the throne, and three men claimed it by right. '''Harold II''' (1066) - He was killed at the battle of Hastings.

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