829AD - Wessex rules
839AD - Here come the Vikings
848AD - The Vikings begin to take over
878AD - King Alfred defeats the Vikings
899AD - King Alfred the Great dies
937AD - Athelstan becomes King of all England
946AD - An "A" or an "E" to be king, see the family tree
959AD - The influence of religion and the Witan
975AD - Never trust your mother, she may have a favourite
979AD - Ethelred the Unready who never listened
991AD - Ethelred's bad idea to get rid of the Danes