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Ælle was the first king recorded by the 8th century chronicler Bede to have held " imperium ", or overlordship, over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
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Ælle and was
In the late 9th-century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ( around four hundred years after his time ) Ælle is recorded as being the first bretwalda, or " Britain-ruler ", though there is no evidence that this was a contemporary title.
The name ' Sussex ' derives from the Kingdom of Sussex, founded by Ælle of Sussex in 477 AD, which in 825 was absorbed into the kingdom of Wessex and the later kingdom of England.
Edwin was the son of Ælle king of Deira and seems to have had ( at least ) two siblings.
He ruled the two kingdoms ( united as Northumbria ) until he was defeated and killed by Rædwald of East Anglia ( who had given refuge to Edwin, son of Ælle, king of Deira ) around the year 616.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle it was captured towards the close of the fifth century, by Ælle, and renamed after his son, Cissa.
Manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that Ælle, king of Deira, was succeeded by Æthelric in 588.
Selsey was the capital of the South Saxons kingdom, possibly founded by Ælle.
Ælla ( or Ælle ) ( died 21 March 867 ) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century.
It is assumed by both authors that Ælle was succeeded by his ' son ' Cissa as is the alleged date of this ' succession '.< ref name =" greenway97 "> Greenway.
Ælle and first
Ælle (; also Aelle or Ella ) is recorded in early sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514.
Ælle and king
* Ælle of Sussex, a Saxon king
The suggestion that Lancing takes its name from the Wlencing or Wlenca, the son of the South Saxon king Ælle, has been discounted.
Another king visited by Ref is Ælle of England and the historical King Ælle of Deira could well be contemporary to the legendary Hrólf Kraki of Denmark.
* Ælle of Sussex, king of Sussex ( r. 477 – 514 )
Ælle and recorded
The foundation of the Kingdom of Sussex is recorded by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year AD 477, saying that Ælle arrived at a place called Cymenshore in three ships with his three sons and killed or put to flight the local inhabitants.
Ælle and by
The foundation legend of the Kingdom of the South Saxons is given by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which states that in the year AD 477 Ælle arrived at a place called Cymenshore in three ships with his three sons.
Ælle and century
The absence of early Anglo-Saxon burial grounds in the Chichester area suggests that they did not arrive there until more than a hundred years after Ælle ’ s time ; Some have suggested that Chichester had an independent region of Britons ( known as Sub-Roman ) in the late fifth century, however there is also no archaeology or placename evidence to support that hypothesis either.
Ælle and have
According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Ælle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymensora and fought against the local Britons.
Some authors have speculated that Ælle may have led the Saxon forces at this battle, while others reject the idea out of hand.
The Anglo-Saxon invasion may have involved military coordination of different groups within the invaders, with a leader who had authority over many different groups and Ælle of Sussex may have been such a leader.
Cymenshore is traditionally thought to have been located at what is now known as the Owers Rocks, south of Selsey, however there is no archaeological evidence to support the existence of Ælle and his three sons in the Selsey area.
He may have been a brother of Ælle, an elder brother of Edwin, an otherwise unknown Deiran noble, or the father of Æthelfrith.
In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Cissa is listed as one of the three sons of Ælle, who in the year 477 arrived in Britain, at a place called Cymenshore ( traditionally thought to have been in the Selsey area of Sussex.
Chichester is not called Elchester from Ælle, but bears the name of one of his three ‘ sons ’, it may have been named after Cissa just as Lancing has been thought to derive from Wlencing.
Ælle and Anglo-Saxon
The earliest Anglo-Saxon object in the area is a brooch found in the Roman cemetery, in the St. Pancras area of Chichester, that dates to the time of Ælle ’ s grandchildren.
Ælle and .
Most historians regard the foundation of Sussex with Ælle landing with three ships and three sons as a myth.
This cannot be the case if Dumville is correct, and others assign this battle to Ælle or another Saxon leader.
This year came Ælle to Britain, with his three sons, Cymen, and Wlenking, and Cissa, in three ships ; landing at a place that is called Cymenshore.
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