Territorial change of Wessex (Kingdom of Wessex)

“Wessex”(Kingdom of Wessex) — appears in this map’s data from AD 534 to 935. Its territory was largest in AD 830 – 839, at ≈ 97 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 534 – 576	≈ 9,586 km²
AD 577 – 586	≈ 17 thousand km²
AD 587 – 627	≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 628 – 665	≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 666 – 691	≈ 16 thousand km²
AD 692 – 704	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 705 – 709	≈ 22 thousand km²
AD 710 – 717	≈ 31 thousand km²
AD 718 – 740	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 755 – 762	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 763 – 782	≈ 28 thousand km²
AD 783 – 787	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 806 – 824	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 825 – 829	≈ 52 thousand km²
AD 830 – 839	≈ 97 thousand km²
AD 840 – 874	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 875 – 875	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 876 – 877	≈ 34 thousand km²
AD 878 – 879	≈ 35 thousand km²
AD 880 – 883	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 884 – 885	≈ 58 thousand km²
AD 886 – 891	≈ 59 thousand km²
AD 892 – 895	≈ 57 thousand km²
AD 896 – 897	≈ 59 thousand km²
AD 898 – 898	≈ 59 thousand km²
AD 899 – 910	≈ 59 thousand km²
AD 911 – 921	≈ 58 thousand km²
AD 922 – 925	≈ 96 thousand km²
AD 926 – 935	≈ 96 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 830 – 839 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 534	≈ 9,586 km²	47 of 56
AD 536	≈ 9,586 km²	47 of 56
AD 540	≈ 9,586 km²	50 of 64
AD 546	≈ 9,586 km²	50 of 64
AD 555	≈ 9,586 km²	52 of 67
AD 561	≈ 9,586 km²	53 of 68
AD 567	≈ 9,586 km²	53 of 68
AD 569	≈ 9,586 km²	53 of 68
AD 577	≈ 17 thousand km²	49 of 70
AD 587	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 67
AD 592	≈ 16 thousand km²	50 of 70
AD 602	≈ 16 thousand km²	47 of 69
AD 612	≈ 16 thousand km²	48 of 68
AD 617	≈ 16 thousand km²	45 of 65
AD 623	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 69
AD 626	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 67
AD 627	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 67
AD 628	≈ 16 thousand km²	48 of 65
AD 629	≈ 16 thousand km²	51 of 68
AD 630	≈ 16 thousand km²	52 of 68
AD 633	≈ 16 thousand km²	51 of 69
AD 634	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 66
AD 638	≈ 16 thousand km²	54 of 71
AD 641	≈ 16 thousand km²	54 of 71
AD 644	≈ 16 thousand km²	54 of 74
AD 647	≈ 16 thousand km²	51 of 70
AD 656	≈ 16 thousand km²	50 of 69
AD 661	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 68
AD 666	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 67
AD 674	≈ 16 thousand km²	49 of 69
AD 682	≈ 16 thousand km²	52 of 68
AD 692	≈ 26 thousand km²	50 of 67
AD 705	≈ 22 thousand km²	53 of 68
AD 710	≈ 31 thousand km²	50 of 69
AD 718	≈ 26 thousand km²	50 of 69
AD 724	≈ 26 thousand km²	49 of 69
AD 732	≈ 26 thousand km²	47 of 67
AD 755	≈ 26 thousand km²	57 of 79
AD 757	≈ 26 thousand km²	54 of 76
AD 763	≈ 28 thousand km²	51 of 74
AD 768	≈ 28 thousand km²	51 of 75
AD 772	≈ 28 thousand km²	50 of 72
AD 775	≈ 28 thousand km²	49 of 73
AD 778	≈ 28 thousand km²	51 of 72
AD 783	≈ 26 thousand km²	51 of 73
AD 806	≈ 26 thousand km²	52 of 73
AD 814	≈ 26 thousand km²	54 of 76
AD 825	≈ 52 thousand km²	47 of 77
AD 830	≈ 97 thousand km²	39 of 77
AD 840	≈ 36 thousand km²	53 of 80
AD 850	≈ 36 thousand km²	55 of 86
AD 860	≈ 36 thousand km²	58 of 89
AD 866	≈ 36 thousand km²	63 of 95
AD 870	≈ 36 thousand km²	61 of 94
AD 875	≈ 35 thousand km²	60 of 97
AD 876	≈ 34 thousand km²	60 of 97
AD 878	≈ 35 thousand km²	61 of 100
AD 880	≈ 36 thousand km²	63 of 102
AD 882	≈ 36 thousand km²	61 of 101
AD 884	≈ 58 thousand km²	53 of 102
AD 886	≈ 59 thousand km²	54 of 104
AD 887	≈ 59 thousand km²	57 of 107
AD 888	≈ 59 thousand km²	60 of 108
AD 892	≈ 57 thousand km²	60 of 108
AD 896	≈ 59 thousand km²	56 of 109
AD 898	≈ 59 thousand km²	58 of 115
AD 899	≈ 59 thousand km²	60 of 117
AD 900	≈ 59 thousand km²	59 of 114
AD 911	≈ 58 thousand km²	65 of 123
AD 922	≈ 96 thousand km²	52 of 117
AD 926	≈ 96 thousand km²	50 of 112

Its highest rank was in AD 830: number 77 of 39.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Mercia — 67 frames
Kingdom of Gwent — 63 frames
Kingdom of Sussex — 38 frames
Cornwall — 38 frames
Kingdom of Kent — 38 frames
Kingdom of Essex — 28 frames
Celtic Britons — 24 frames
Dumnonia — 22 frames
Danelaw — 15 frames
Brycheiniog — 13 frames
Kingdom of Powys — 12 frames
Kingdom of Gwynedd — 11 frames
Hwicce — 9 frames
Vikings — 8 frames
Wihtwara — 8 frames
Seisyllwg — 3 frames
Northumbria — 2 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 6 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 830	gained	Mercia	≈ 44 thousand km²
AD 922	gained	Danelaw	≈ 37 thousand km²
AD 788	lost	Mercia	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 741	lost	Mercia	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 825	gained	Mercia	≈ 26 thousand km²
AD 884	gained	Mercia	≈ 22 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kingdom of Sussex

Succeeded by: Kingdom of England

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until around 927. In about 886, Alfred the Great adopted the title 'King of the Anglo-Saxons' as the ruler of all Anglo-Saxons not under Danish rule.

Wikipedia (English) “Wessex”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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