Length of reign of Saxon and Danish Kings of England 872-1066
TV series 'Vikings'.
From the late ninth century until the Normans conquered Britain in 1066, the most powerful ruling house in England was the House of Wessex (also known as the House of Cerdic). The House of Wessex was the most influential of the Anglo-Saxon ruling houses in pre-Norman Britain, and King Egbert was the first ruler of these kingdoms to be named Bretwalda, ruler of the Britons, as he united the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia. A fictional version of King Egbert (also spelled Ecbert) was popularized in early seasons of the critically acclaimed