Black Anglo-Saxon King Æthelberht, also called Saint Ethelbert the King (died 20 May 794 at Sutton Walls, Herefordshire), was an 8th-century saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon English kingdom today now includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Very few of the coins he issued have been discovered. The British Museum only shows one coin without his face.

Black English Anglo Saxon King Aethelwulf, also spelled Ethelwulf and Æthelwulf the father of King Alfred the Great. He was the King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825 his father, King Ecgberht. As ruler of the Saxons from 839 to 856, he allied his kingdom of Wessex with the kingdom of Mercia to empower the invasions by mighty Danish Vikings.

King Burgred, King of Mercia in 852c, may have been related to his predecessor King Beorhtwulf. Burgred married Princess Æthelswith, the daughter of Æthelwulf, King of the West Saxons. The marriage was celebrated at the royal villa of Chippenham in Wessex, England.

King Alfred, known as Alfred the Great (born 849—died 899, King of Wessex (871–99) in southwest England. He joined his brother King Ethelred I, in confronting a Danish Viking army in Mercia (868). Succeeding his older brother as King, Alfred fought the Danes in Wessex in 871 and again in 878,

Edward the Elder c. 874 – 17 July 924 was King of the English Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. Edward was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife, Ealhswith. When Edward went to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a solid claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred I.

Æthelstan or Athelstan Old English: Æðelstān Old Norse: Aðalsteinn; lit. means ‘noble stone’ Athelstan was the son of King Edward the Elder and grandson of Alfred the Great. At birth, he was illegitimate. His mother was Edwina, the King’s mistress, who later became his queen and made Athelstan a legitimate heir to the throne.

Edmund I or Eadmund I, born 920/921 – 26 May 946, was King of the English from 939 until his death on 946. Edmund was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson to King Alfred the Great. When Edward died in 924, his eldest son, Edmund’s half-brother Æthelstan was the successor. King Edmund was crowned after Æthelstan died childless in 939. He had two sons, Edgar and Eadwig, by his first wife Ælfgifu. His sons were children when he was killed in a brawl with an outlaw at Pucklechurch in Gloucestershire, and he was succeeded by his younger brother Eadred, who died in 955 and was followed by Edmund’s sons in succession.

Eadred, also spelt Edred, (died Nov. 23, 955 in Frome now called Somerset in England.), King of the English from 946 to 955, he brought Northumbria permanently under English rule. Eadred was the son of West Saxon king Edward the Elder (reigned 899–924) and Eadgifu, the half brother of King Athelstan (reigned 924–939), and the brother of King Edmund I (reigned 939–946). Upon Eadred’s accession to power, the Northumbrians acknowledged his overlordship, but they soon proclaimed as their King Erik Bloodaxe their King, son of the Norwegian ruler King Harald I. In revenge, Eadred ravaged Northumbria in 948.

Edward in Old English: Eadweard c. 962 – 18 March 978, often called the Martyr, was King of the English from 975 to 978 at just 12 years old. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father’s acknowledged heir. On Edgar’s death, the leadership of England was heavily contested, with a split of some supporting Edward’s claim to be King and others supporting his younger half-brother Æthelred the Unready. The latter was recognised as a legitimate son of King Edgar. Ultimately Edward was chosen as King and was crowned by his prominent clerical supporters, archbishops Dunstan of Canterbury Cathedral and Oswald of York.

Ethelred the Unready, also spelt and called Aethelred, Ethelred II or Aethelred Unraed, (born 968?—died April 23, 1016, London, England). It is doubtful he was born in 968 because it would’ve made him ten years old when he became the King of the English. From 978 to 1013 and from 1014 to 1016. He was an ineffectual ruler who failed to prevent the Danes from taking over England. The term “unready” is derived from unraed, meaning “bad counsel” or “no counsel,” and puns his name means “noble counsel.”