Wessex, England

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wessex,_England

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_region
gptkbp:borderedBy	gptkb:Cornwall gptkb:Essex gptkb:Kent gptkb:Sussex gptkb:Dumnonia gptkb:Mercia
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Winchester
gptkbp:currency	penny sceat
gptkbp:dissolved	927 AD
gptkbp:ethnicGroup	gptkb:West_Saxons
gptkbp:flag	gptkb:Wyvern_banner
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:Cerdic_of_Wessex
gptkbp:foundedIn	c. 519 AD
gptkbp:governmentType	gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Edington gptkb:Unification_of_England gptkb:Viking_invasions
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle Beowulf (contextual)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Wessex, England
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:England
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:modernLocation	gptkb:Berkshire gptkb:Devon gptkb:Gloucestershire gptkb:Somerset gptkb:Dorset gptkb:Hampshire gptkb:Oxfordshire gptkb:Wiltshire
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:Battle_of_Peonnum gptkb:Battle_of_Ashdown gptkb:Battle_of_Ellandun
gptkbp:notableCase	gptkb:Doom_Book_of_Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Saint_Aldhelm gptkb:Saint_Boniface gptkb:Saint_Swithun
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Æthelstan gptkb:Æthelwulf_of_Wessex gptkb:Egbert_of_Wessex gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Heptarchy
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Sub-Roman_Britain
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Christianity gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_paganism
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:symbol	golden wyvern
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Edith_of_Wessex gptkb:King_Harold_Godwinson gptkb:Saint_Walpurga gptkb:St._Walburga
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6