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Kingdom of Wessex

Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain
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Summary

Kingdom of Wessex is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of historical country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,941 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Anglo-Saxon paganism[3], Christianity[4]
  • Continent: Europe[5]
  • Instance of: kingdom[6]
  • Capital: Winchester[7]
  • Official language: West Saxon[8]
  • Currency: sceat[9]
  • Basic form of government: absolute monarchy[10], elective monarchy[11]
  • Follows: Kingdom of Mercia[12], Gewisse[13]
  • Flag: flag of the Kingdom of Wessex[14]
  • Part of: Heptarchy[15]
  • Commons category: Wessex[16]
  • Inception: 519[17]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 927[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Wessex[19]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Encyclopedic Lexicon[21], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23]
  • Replaces: Kingdom of Sussex[24]
  • Replaced by: Kingdom of England[25]
  • Native label: Ƿestseaxna rīċe[26], Regnum Occidentalium Saxonum[27]
  • Different from: Wessex[28]
  • Language used: West Saxon[29]
  • Official religion: Christianity[30]

Why It Matters

Kingdom of Wessex has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Ælfweard of Wessex Æthelbald Æthelberht Æthelflæd Æthelred I Æthelred the Unready Æthelstan Æthelwulf Alfred the Great Balbronn Beorhtric Ceawlin of Wessex Eadgyth Eadwig Ecgberht Edgar of England Edmund I Edmund II of England Edred of England Edward the Elder Hamwic Kingdom of England London Saint Boniface Saint Walpurga

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27519
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → —
    Part of → Heptarchy
    Replaced by → —
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +0927-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 505080, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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