These are the dates for their reign, beginning to end. There are some cases where the end of the reign was not the end of their life, so I give the death date if I know it. I have tried to give some indication (where I can) of how they died (or ended their reign.)
ab. = abdicated,  kib. = killed in battle, as. = assassinated, ex. = executed, dep = deposed

Cerdic	532-534
Cynric	534-560
Ceawlin	560-591	dep. 593 d.
Ceol	591-597
Ceolwulf	597-611
Cynegils	611-643
Cenwealh	643-672
Sexburh	672-674	d.	Queen of Wessex, wife of Cenwealh
Aescwine	674-676	d.
Centwine	676-685	ab.
Caedwalla	685-688	ab.
Ine	688-726	ab.
Æthelheard	726-740
Beorhtric	786-802
Egbert	802-839	d.

Egbert manages to unify the seperate realms into the single kingdom and becomes Egbert I of England



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