The Saxon rulers, also known as Anglo-Saxon kings, ruled in England from the fifth century to the Norman Conquest in 1066. There were many Saxon rulers, who are not on this list, who ruled over smaller kingdoms or regions that were eventually consolidated into larger kingdoms.
- Hengist | c. 455-488
- Aesc of Kent | c. 488-512
- Octa | c. 512-540
- Aethelberht of Kent | c. 560-616
- Eadbald of Kent | 616-640
- Oswine of Deira | c. 651-670
- Wulfhere of Mercia | 658-675
- Aethelred I | 865-871
- Alfred the Great | 871-899
- Edward the Elder | 899-924
- Aethelstan | 924-939
- Edmund I | 939-946
- Eadred | 946-955
- Eadwig | 955-959
- Edgar | 959-975
- Edward the Martyr | 975-978
- Aethelred II | 978-1013 and 1014-1016
- Sweyn Forkbeard | 1013-1014
- Edmund II Ironside | 1016
- Canute | 1016-1035
- Harold Harefoot | 1035-1040
- Harthacuanute | 1040-1042
- Edward the Confessor | 1042-1066
- Harold Godwinson | 1066