Anglo-Saxon England and the Vikings, 757-1066
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The House of Wessex
Wessex had a long line of monarchs who ruled with the support and consultation of a supreme council called the witton. They helped to pave the way for the formation of what would eventually be called england, some sort of united anglo saxon realm. In 825, king egbert of wessex defeated the mercians at the battle of ellendon. And this really solidified the fact that wessex was supreme over the only other large remainingAnglo saxon kingdom, which is mercia.
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