Ælle (also Aelle or Ella) is recorded in much later medieval sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England...

Aelle, Ælle, Aella, or Ælla may refer to: Ælle of Sussex (also Aelle or Ella), king of Sussex (r. 477–514) Ælla of Deira (or Ælle; died 588), king of...

AD. The foundation legend of Sussex is provided by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which states that in the year AD 477 Ælle landed with his three sons. Having...

recorded by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year AD 477; it says that Ælle arrived at a place called Cymenshore in three ships with his three sons and...

legend of the kingdom of Sussex is that in 477 Ælle and his three sons arrived in three ships, conquering what is now Sussex. Ælle became overlord, or Bretwalda...

Cissa's father Ælle and included his two brothers. They are said to have fought against the local Britons. Their conquest of what became Sussex, England continued...

legendary foundation of the kingdom of Sussex, was in 477, when according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ælle of Sussex and three of his sons are said to have...

banks of the Mearcredesburna, it seems Ælle secured the area between the Ouse and Cuckmere in a treaty. After Ælle's forces seized the Saxon Shore fort of...

states that Ælle arrived in Sussex with three ships and went on to fight at Cymenshore in 477 CE, Mercredesburne in 485, and Pevensey in 491. Ælle became the...

into the recesses of the forest for sanctuary,: A.D. 477. This year came Ælle to Britain, with his three sons, Cymen, and Wlenking, and Cissa, in three...

titles beginning with Elle Ælle of Sussex (fl. c. 477–c. 514?), first king of the South Saxons Ell ELL (disambiguation) Aelle (disambiguation) Elles This...

A heraldic shield has been associated with the historic county of Sussex since the seventeenth century. The device, displaying six martlets or heraldic...

the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex (or South Saxons) contains substantial gaps, as the chronological details relating to Sussex during the heptarchy is generally...

Ælle and his three sons. The city was supposedly renamed after his son, Cissa. It also says that it was the principal city of the Kingdom of Sussex....

century AD, and the region became part of the Kingdom of Sussex, founded in 477 AD by king Ælle. Anthony Seldon identified five phases of development in...

477 Ælle lands at Selsey, and founds the Kingdom of Sussex. 485 Ælle fights against the Britons near the margin of Mearcræd's stream. 491 Ælle and his...

began invading Britain in earnest. Around 491, Saxons, possibly led by Ælle of Sussex began to colonise the south coast and besieged Anderitum over a number...

(after Julius Caesar) or Cissa's fort (after Cissa, son of South Saxon king Ælle), but both theories have been discounted. In the early eleventh century in...

consecutively, but there is a long gap, perhaps fifty years, between Ælle of Sussex, the first bretwalda, and Ceawlin. The lack of gaps between the overlordships...

Saxon king Ælle, has been discounted. Shoreham Tollbridge is a Grade II* listed building which was the last toll bridge in use in Sussex. The bridge...

timeline of Sussex history. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sussex. See also the list of monarchs of Sussex. Millennia: 1st...

example, the foundation story of Sussex as recorded in the "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" tells how the Anglo-Saxon king Ælle and his three sons landed at a place...

in Southern England where, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ælle of Sussex landed in AD 477 and battled the Britons with his three sons Cymen,...

Queen of England 1121–1135 Aelle of Sussex (fl.c.477—c.514), King of Sussex Aethelwalh of Sussex (fl.c.660—c.685), King of Sussex Queen Camilla (born 1947)...

Jonathon Kemp as Lord Wigea, an advisor of King Aelle Peter Gaynor as Lord Edgar, an advisor of King Aelle Trevor Cooper as Earl Bjarni, Thyri's husband...

defeat an Anglo-Saxon army, that may have been led by the bretwalda Aelle of Sussex or possibly Cerdic of Wessex (approximate date; suggested dates range...

Wiltshire as the site of the battle. Some authors have speculated that Ælle of Sussex may have led the Saxon forces at this battle. Others reject the idea...

calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Aelle of Sussex, king of the South Saxons, fights the Britons at the stream of Mercredesburne...

invaders, with a leader who had authority over many different groups; Ælle of Sussex may have been such a leader. Once the new states began to form, conflicts...

amongst themselves, deposing Osberht in favour of Ælle. In the second raid, the Vikings killed Kings Ælle and Osberht whilst recapturing the city. After...