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Saxons and Danes: Egbert, 802-39, ®thelwulf, son of Egbert, 839-58, ®thelbald, son of ®thelwulf, 858-60, ®thelbert, 2d son of ®thelwulf, 860-65, ®thelred, 3d son of ®thelwulf, 865-71, Alfred, 4th son of ®thelwulf, 871-99, Edward (the Elder), son of Alfred, 899-924, Athelstan, son of Edward, 924-39, Edmund, 3d son of Edward, 939-46, Edred, 4th son of Edward, 946-55, Edwy, son of Edmund, 955-59, Edgar, younger son of Edmund, 959-75, Edward (the Martyr), son of Edgar, 975-78, ®thelred (the Unready), younger son of Edgar, 978-1016, Edmund (Ironside), son of ®thelred, 1016, Canute, by conquest, 1016-35, Harold I (Harefoot), illegitimate son of Canute, 1037-40, Harthacanute, son of Canute, 1040-42, Edward (the Confessor), younger son of ®thelred, 1042-66, Harold II, brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor, 1066 ...

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