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Saxon rulers


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.


  1. Hengist | c. 455-488
  2. Aesc of Kent | c. 488-512
  3. Octa | c. 512-540
  4. Aethelberht of Kent | c. 560-616
  5. Eadbald of Kent | 616-640
  6. Oswine of Deira | c. 651-670
  7. Wulfhere of Mercia | 658-675
  8. Aethelred I | 865-871
  9. Alfred the Great | 871-899
  10. Edward the Elder | 899-924
  11. Aethelstan | 924-939
  12. Edmund I | 939-946
  13. Eadred | 946-955
  14. Eadwig | 955-959
  15. Edgar | 959-975
  16. Edward the Martyr | 975-978
  17. Aethelred II | 978-1013 and 1014-1016
  18. Sweyn Forkbeard | 1013-1014
  19. Edmund II Ironside | 1016
  20. Canute | 1016-1035
  21. Harold Harefoot | 1035-1040
  22. Harthacuanute | 1040-1042
  23. Edward the Confessor | 1042-1066
  24. Harold Godwinson | 1066