State · 477 – 825
Kingdom of Sussex
A state of 477 – 825 — 348 years in Europe. It was replaced by Kingdom of Wessex. Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was conquered by Wessex probably in 827 in.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 348 years
- 477 – 825
- Rulers
- 1
- the Monarchs (see full list)
- Most ground
- 5,400 km²
- in 490
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
After it
- Kingdom of Wessex · replaced by · 519 – 927
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by Wessex probably in 827 in, 827. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
The South Saxons were ruled by the kings of Sussex until the country was annexed by Wessex, probably in 827, in the aftermath of the Battle of Ellendun.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ælle of Sussex | 477 – 491 | 14 years | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 477 – 491. Only 14 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
5,400 km² in 502, 5,400 km² in 752; at its largest 5,400 km² in 502. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood348 years
stood longer than 77% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held5,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 11% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 442 – 860, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 490, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q676184 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.