# Post-Roman and Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms - Multiple British, Anglo-Saxon and Gaelic rulers

URL: https://english-history.com/rulers/post-roman-and-anglo-saxon-kingdoms
Reign: c. 410 - 802
Dynasty: Early Kingdoms
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heptarchy

After Roman rule ended, Britain fragmented into many competing kingdoms. Brittonic rulers, Anglo-Saxon dynasties, Picts, Scots and later Viking forces controlled different regions, so there was no single monarch of Britain or even of England.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Roman Britain](https://english-history.com/rulers/roman-britain)
- Succeeded by: [Egbert](https://english-history.com/rulers/egbert)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 410 - [Roman imperial rule in Britain ends](https://english-history.com/timeline/410-roman-imperial-rule-in-britain-ends)
- 410 - [Roman administration disappears from Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/410-roman-administration-disappears-from-britain)
- 429 - [Germanus of Auxerre visits Britain](https://english-history.com/timeline/429-germanus-of-auxerre-visits-britain)
- 446 - [The Groans of the Britons appeal to Rome](https://english-history.com/timeline/446-the-groans-of-the-britons-appeal-to-rome)
- 449 - [Hengist and Horsa arrive in Kent](https://english-history.com/timeline/449-hengist-and-horsa-arrive-in-kent)
- 477 - [South Saxon settlement expands](https://english-history.com/timeline/477-south-saxon-settlement-expands)
- 491 - [Fall of Anderitum](https://english-history.com/timeline/491-fall-of-anderitum)
- 500 - [Battle of Badon](https://english-history.com/timeline/500-battle-of-badon)
- 519 - [Kingdom of Wessex tradition begins](https://english-history.com/timeline/519-kingdom-of-wessex-tradition-begins)
- 547 - [Kingdom of Bernicia emerges](https://english-history.com/timeline/547-kingdom-of-bernicia-emerges)
- 563 - [Columba founds the monastery on Iona](https://english-history.com/timeline/563-columba-founds-the-monastery-on-iona)
- 570 - [Brittonic kingdoms consolidate in Wales](https://english-history.com/timeline/570-brittonic-kingdoms-consolidate-in-wales)
- 573 - [Battle of Arfderydd](https://english-history.com/timeline/573-battle-of-arfderydd)
- 577 - [Battle of Deorham](https://english-history.com/timeline/577-battle-of-deorham)
- 597 - [Augustine arrives in Kent](https://english-history.com/timeline/597-augustine-arrives-in-kent)
- 601 - [Canterbury becomes an archbishopric](https://english-history.com/timeline/601-canterbury-becomes-an-archbishopric)
- 604 - [London and Rochester receive bishops](https://english-history.com/timeline/604-london-and-rochester-receive-bishops)
- 616 - [Death of Æthelberht of Kent](https://english-history.com/timeline/616-death-of-aethelberht-of-kent)
- 625 - [Sutton Hoo ship burial is created](https://english-history.com/timeline/625-sutton-hoo-ship-burial-is-created)
- 627 - [Edwin of Northumbria converts to Christianity](https://english-history.com/timeline/627-edwin-of-northumbria-converts-to-christianity)
- 633 - [Battle of Hatfield Chase](https://english-history.com/timeline/633-battle-of-hatfield-chase)
- 634 - [Oswald becomes king of Northumbria](https://english-history.com/timeline/634-oswald-becomes-king-of-northumbria)
- 635 - [Lindisfarne monastery is founded](https://english-history.com/timeline/635-lindisfarne-monastery-is-founded)
- 642 - [Battle of Maserfield](https://english-history.com/timeline/642-battle-of-maserfield)
- 655 - [Battle of the Winwaed](https://english-history.com/timeline/655-battle-of-the-winwaed)
- 664 - [Synod of Whitby](https://english-history.com/timeline/664-synod-of-whitby)
- 685 - [Battle of Dun Nechtain](https://english-history.com/timeline/685-battle-of-dun-nechtain)
- 731 - [Bede completes his Ecclesiastical History](https://english-history.com/timeline/731-bede-completes-his-ecclesiastical-history)
- 735 - [York becomes an archbishopric](https://english-history.com/timeline/735-york-becomes-an-archbishopric)
- 757 - [Offa becomes king of Mercia](https://english-history.com/timeline/757-offa-becomes-king-of-mercia)
- 770 - [Offa's Dyke is built](https://english-history.com/timeline/770-offa-s-dyke-is-built)
- 787 - [Papal legates visit England](https://english-history.com/timeline/787-papal-legates-visit-england)
- 793 - [Vikings raid Lindisfarne](https://english-history.com/timeline/793-vikings-raid-lindisfarne)
- 795 - [Viking raids reach Iona](https://english-history.com/timeline/795-viking-raids-reach-iona)
- 802 - [Iona is attacked again](https://english-history.com/timeline/802-iona-is-attacked-again)