List of monarchs of Wessex

This is a list of monarchs of Wessex until 924. For later monarchs, see the list of British monarchs. While the details of the later monarchs are confirmed by a number of sources, the earlier ones are in many cases obscure.

This was a time when spellings varied widely, even within a document. A number of variations of the details below exist. Amongst these are the preference between þ and ð (hard and soft 'th').

The character '7' was used as represent ampersand '&' in contemporary Anglo-Saxon writings.

Monarchs of the West Saxons (Wessex)

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
The Kingdom of the Gewissae
Cerdic Dynasty
519 to 534	Cerdic	Cerdic Elesing Gevvissæ Cyning Cerdic Rex Gevvissæ
534 to 560	Cynric	Cynric Cerdicing Gevvissæ Cyning Cynric Rex Gevvissæ
560 to 591	Ceawlin	Ceawlin Cynricing Gevvissæ Cyning Ceawlin Rex Gevvissæ
591 to 597	Ceol	Ceol Cuþing Gevvissæ Cyning Ceol Rex Gevvissæ
597 to 611	Ceolwulf	Ceolvvulf Cuþing Gevvissæ Cyning Ceolvvulf Rex Gevvissæ
611 to 643	Cynegils	Cynegils Ceoling Gewissæ Cyning Cynegils Rex Gevvissæ
c.626 to 636	Cwichelm	Cvvichelm Cynegilsing Gevvissæ Cyning Cvvichelm Rex Gewissæ
643 to 645	Cenwalh	Cenwalh Cynegilsing Gewissæ Cyning Cenwalh Rex Gewissæ	Deposed
Mercian Dynasty
645 to 648	Penda	Penda Pybbing Miercna 7 Gewissæ Cyning Penda Rex Miercna et Gewissæ
The Kingdom of the West Saxons
Cerdic Dynasty
648 to 674	Cenwalh	Cenwalh Cynegilsing WestSeaxe Cyning Cenwalh Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	Restored; reigned jointly with his wife Queen Seaxburh 672 to 674
672 to 674	Queen Seaxburh	Seaxburg WestSeaxe Cuen Seaxburh Regina Saxonum Occidentalium	Reigned jointly with her husband Cenwalh until his death 674
674 to 674	Cenfus	Cenfus Cenferþing WestSeaxe Cyining Cenfus Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
674 to 676	Aescwine	Æscvvine Cenfusing WestSeaxe Cyning Æscvvine Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
676 to 685	Centwine	Centvvine Cynegilsing WestSeaxe Cyning Centvvine Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	Deposed by Caedwalla
685 to 688	Caedwalla	Cædvvalla Cenbryhting WestSeaxe Cyning Cædvvalla Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	Usurper; abdicated
688 to 726	Ine (Ina)	Ine Cenreding WestSeaxe Cyning Ine Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	Abdicated
726 to 740	Aethelheard	Æþelheard WestSeaxe Cyning Æþelheard Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
740 to 756	Cuthred	Cuþred WestSeaxe Cyning Cuþred Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
756 to 757	Sigeberht	Sigebryht WestSeaxe Cyning Sigebryht Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	Deposed (and killed?) by Cynewulf
757 to 786	Cynewulf	Cynevvulf WestSeaxe Cyning Cynevvulf Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	Assassinated by Cyneheard, brother of Sigeberht
786 to 802	Beorhtric	Beorhtric WestSeaxe Cyning Beorhtric Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
802 to 839	Egbert	Ecgbryht Ealhmunding WestSeaxe Cyning Ecgbryht Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
839 to 856	Ethelwulf	Æþelvvulf Ecgbryhting WestSeaxe Cyning Æþelvvulf Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
856 to 860	Ethelbald	Æþelbald Æþelvvulfing WestSeaxe Cyning Æþelbald Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
860 to 865	Ethelbert	Æþelbryht Æþelvvulfing WestSeaxe Cyning Æþelbryht Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
865 to 871	Ethelred	Æþelred Æþelvvulfing WestSeaxe Cyning Æþelred Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
878 to 899	Ælfred the Great;	Ælfred Æþelvvulfing ðe Great WestSeaxe Cyning; Ælfred Magnus Rex Saxonum Occidentalium;
899 to 925	Edward the Elder	Eadvveard Ælfreding ðe Eldra WestSeaxe Cyning Eadvveard Rex Saxonum Occidentalium
925 to 927	Athelstan	Æþelstan Eadvvearding WestSeaxe Cynning Æþelstan Rex Saxonum Occidentalium	became the first king of a united England

Heptarchy

East Anglia | Essex | Kent | Mercia | Northumbria | Sussex | Wessex

Others: Lindsey, Hwicce