England questions

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Well Alfred the Great all though he did not rule all of England was the first monarch named King of all the Englisc (yes that c should be there).

Prior to the danes the most powerful English(Angles Saxons and Jutes) kingdoms were Mercia (which was ruled by the great king Offa who was known all the way to constantinople. Cient was the first English kingdom founded supposedly by Hengest and Horsa, there was also Northumbria which I think was an Anglian kingdom. Frome here came the great Bede from Lindasfarne the greatest centre of Western European knowledge (Bede actually worked out the ebb and flow of the tides depended upon the moon and pin poited there occurance aswell). There was then East Anglia and Wessex. Wessex was increadibly lucky that the Vikings destroyed Mercia for that was the dominant kingdom at the time. The overall leader of West Lothian was given the title of Bretwalda.

The first man to become king of all England and Emperor of Britain was Aethelstan, during his reign England becam the pre-eminent kingdom of most of Europe. By 1066 England was Western Europes walthiest nation and home of the oldest monarchy in Europe, the Cerdicings.

William's grandson Henry the First married the last heiress of the house of Wessex (the Cerdicing clan), putting upon the throne an English prince once again.

If anyone finds any mistakes thanks for telling me

p.s Aethelstan was also a great friend of Charlamagne.