Heptarchy

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This is the name used to describe the configuration of the rulership of England (excepting Scotland and Wales) during the Anglo-Saxon period and continuing until the Viking invasion and the advent of the Danelaw. The seven major kingdoms of which the Heptarchy was comprised are listed below.

East Anglia
Essex
Kent
Mercia
Northumbria
Sussex
Wessex

Kingdoms of the Heptarchy