ANGLO SAXON KINGS AND LAWS!

Anglo Saxon Kings

Each group of Anglo Saxons settlers had a lead or a war cheif. A strong leader become king. Each king ruled a kingdom which had small armies.

By around 600AD there were 5 main Anglo Saxon kingdoms. They were Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and East Anglia. The strongest king of all the kingdoms would claim to be 'Bretwalda' which meant ruler of Britan.