List of English Monarchs

House of Wessex (of Wessex, not England)

Name	Reign	Portrait
Alfred the Great (Wessex) Ruled as king of Wessex and fought many battles against the Vikings. Traditionally the first king of England when in reality it was his grandson Athelstan.	871-899 as king of Wessex not England
Edward the Elder (Wessex) Ruled also as king of Wessex, last monarch of the Anglo Saxons before Athelstan. Last king to only reign as king of Wessex, son of Alfred and father of Athelstan and Alfweard.	899-924 as king of Wessex not England
Alfweard (Wessex) (disputed) May not of even ruled as king of Wessex, son of Edward the Elder and older brother of Athelstan. May of ruled for up to 16 days in 924.	924 as king of Wessex not England	No known depictions of Alfweard in the 1000+ years since his reign. May be one in existence, it is currently unknown and also unknown what he looked like.
Athelstan (Wessex and England) Athelstan was the last king of Wessex and first king of the English. He ruled for 3 years as the Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex but gained the whole of England by 927 and was named king by Wales and Scotland.	924-927 as king of Wessex not England 927-939 as king of the English

Name	Reign	Portrait
Edmund I Edmund I was the first king to only rule England and not Wessex, he was known as Edmund the Great and is named Edmund I as Edmund Ironside would go on to rule later as Edmund II.	939-946 as king of the English
Eadred Also known as Edred, he ruled as king following his brothers murder on May 26th 946	946-955 as king of the English
Eadwig Also known as Edwig, ruled after the death of his brother Eadred, also another son of king Edward.	955-959 as king of the English
Edgar I Also known as Edgar the Peaceful he was son of Edmund I and would also be known as Edgar the Peacable. His death in 975 is know by many as the end of the Anglo-Saxon era when in reality it lasted until 1066.	959-975 as king of the English
Edward the Martyr Sometimes labeled as Edward I or II, king of the English from 975-978, murdered in his castle, sometimes labeled as St. Edward the Martyr.	975-978 as king of the English
Athelred the Unready (first reign) Sometimes labeled as Ethelred II as their was an Ethelred/Athelred of Wessex from 865-871 just before Alfred who is sometimes labeled as an English king making this king Athelred II.	978-1013 as king of the English (first reign)

Name	Reign	Portrait
Sweyn Forkbeard King of Denmark, Norway and England. Deposed Ethelred to become king but Ethelred took back the throne after Sweyn's death.	1013-1014 as king of the English

Name	Reign	Portrait
Athelred the Unready (second reign) Took back the throne after the death of Sweyn Forkbeard and was re-crowned in 1014 and reigned until his death in 1016.	1014-1016 as king of the English (second reign)
Edmund Ironside Became king after the death of his father but after his death Cnut would become king of England founding the North Sea Empire.	1016 as king of the English

Name	Reign	Portrait
Cnut the Great Cnut became king in 1016 and founded the North Sea Empire, ruling Denmark, Norway some of Germany, Sweden and all of England. He died in 1035.	1016-1035 as king of the English
Harold Harefoot Harold was the younger son of Cnut and became king of England after his fathers death.	1035-1040 as king of the English
Harthacnut Harthacnut was the last Anglo-Danish monarch and was suceeded by king Edward the Confessor.	1040-1042

Name	Reign	Portrait
Edward the Confessor Reigned as king from 1042-1066 and promised the throne to William I and Harold Godwinson starting the battle of Hastings after his death in 1066. Last true Wessex king of England.	1042-1066 as king of the English
Harold Godwinson Ruled as king until murdered in battle by king William the Conqueror on the 25th of October 1066.	1066 as king of the English
Edgar II Ruled until Christmas of 1066, died 1126.	1066 as king of the English