


The House of Wessex then briefly regained power under Æthelred's son Edward the Confessor, but lost it after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Æthelred and his son Edmund Ironside attempted to resist the Vikings in 1016, but after their deaths the Danish Cnut the Great and his sons ruled until 1042. The disastrous reign of Æthelred the Unready ended in Danish conquest in 1014. Alfred the Great saved England from Viking conquest in the late ninth century and his grandson Æthelstan became first king of England in 927. The house became dominant in southern England after the accession of King Ecgberht in 802.

The House of Wessex, also known as the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty, refers to the family, traditionally founded by Cerdic of the Gewisse, that ruled Wessex in Southern England from the early 6th century. It explains everything and is worth doing once.In or after 1125, death of Edgar Ætheling The best way to learn how to use the more obscure parts of the game's interface is by playing the in-game Tutorial. Clicking a title will open the same view: Click that, type part of the title you're looking for, and then it will show you matching titles in the dialogue box. Here is a three-step illustration of how to find the Empire of Britannia by using the de jure checkbox and liege coats of arms in the Realm view:Īlternatively, you can always use the Find Title button below your world map. It will be greyed out until you meet all the conditions in the hover-over tooltip. This button is also how you create the title and become Emperor. This will tell you exactly which conditions you need to fulfill to create the title. Then, at the top right of the box, you will see a cost of arms for the de jure liege title of the Kingdom of England, which should be the British Empire. You will see a check box where it says de jure, check that. Click on the coat of arms of the kingdom of England title.
