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The '''Heptarchy''' was the group of several [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms that controlled the land that is now [[England]]. The collapse of the Heptarchy began in 829 when [[Wessex]] annexed [[Essex]], [[Kent]], and [[Sussex]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> The kingdoms of [[East Anglia]], [[Mercia]], and [[Northumbria]] all successively fell to Wessex in the century following the [[Vikings]]' [[Viking expansion|invasion]] with the [[Great Heathen Army]], marking the creation of a unified England. | The '''Heptarchy''' was the group of several [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms that controlled the land that is now [[England]]. The collapse of the Heptarchy began in 829 when [[Wessex]] annexed [[Essex]], [[Kent]], and [[Sussex]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> The kingdoms of [[East Anglia]], [[Mercia]], and [[Northumbria]] all successively fell to Wessex in the century following the [[Vikings]]' [[Viking expansion|invasion]] with the [[Great Heathen Army]], marking the creation of a unified England. | ||
Revision as of 17:16, 21 April 2021
The Heptarchy was the group of several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that controlled the land that is now England. The collapse of the Heptarchy began in 829 when Wessex annexed Essex, Kent, and Sussex.[1] The kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria all successively fell to Wessex in the century following the Vikings' invasion with the Great Heathen Army, marking the creation of a unified England.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first appearance)
References