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 | The rules of succession in this era were pragmatic. A mature male with military experience was an essential qualification. |
| The kingdom of 'Angleland' was coming together during this era as the Mercian and Wessex kingdoms slowly merged to resist the Viking occupation helped by various accidents of birth and untimely death. |
| Ser | Name | Relation | Reign |
Age |
Notes | |
| Acsn | Died | |||||
| 1 | Alfred | 871-899 | The Great | |||
| 2 | Edward (I) | Son | 899-924 | The Elder | ||
| 3 | Aelfweard | Son | 924 | Very brief | ||
| 4 | Aethelstan | Brother | 924-939 | Son of Edward | ||
| 5 | Edmund I | Brother | 939-946 | |||
| 6 | Eadred | Brother | 946-955 | |||
| 7 | Eadwig | Nephew | 955-959 | Son of Eadwig | ||
| 8 | Edgar I | Brother | 957-975 | King of Mercia to start but took over Wessex when his brother died | ||
| 9 | Aethelred | Son | 978-1013 | The 'Unred' - ill- advised. | ||
| 10 | Swegen | 1013-1014 | ||||
| 11 | Aethelred | 1014-1016 | Second 'turn' | |||
| 12 | Cnut | Son of Swegen | 1016-1035 | |||
| 13 | Harold Harefoot | Son | 1035-1040 | |||
| 14 | Harhacnut | Half-brother | 1040-1042 | |||
| 15 | Edward | Half-brother | 1042-1066 | 'The Confessor' | ||
| 16 | Harold | Brother-in-law | 1066 | |||