 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakazosvika zana ramakore rechipfumbamwe umambo hwakawanda hwomunguva yeAnglo-Saxon yapakuvamba hwakanga hwabatanidzwa kuva huna: Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria neEast Anglia. Muzana ramakore rechisere, Mercia yakanga yava umambo hune simba zvikurusa kumaodzanyemba kweEngland, asi mukuvamba kwezana ramakore rechipfumbamwe, Wessex yakava ine simba pasi paambuya-mbuya-mbuya vaAethelstan, Egbert. Pakati pezana remakore, England yakava pasi pokurwiswa kunowedzera nokuvhozhokerwa neViking, kuchiguma nokupinda neGreat Heathen Army muna 865. Pakazosvika 878, vaViking vakanga vapamba East Anglia, Northumbria, neMercia, uye vakapotsa vakunda Wessex. VaWest Saxons vakarwisa vari pasi paAlfred Mukuru, uye vakakunda zvine mutsindo paHondo yeEdington. Alfred nomutungamiri weViking Guthrum vakabvumirana pakuparadzaniswa kwakapa Alfred kumadokero kweMercia, nepo kumabvazuva kweMercia kwakasanganiswa muViking East Anglia. Mumakore ekuma890, kurwiswazve kwevaViking kwakarwiswa naAlfred, achibatsirwa nemwanakomana wake uye baba vaAethelstan Edward naAethelred, Ishe wevaMercia. Æthelred akatonga Mercia yeChirungu pasi paAlfred uye akaroora mwanasikana wake Æthelflæd. Alfred akafa muna 899 uye Edward akamutsiva. Æthelwold, mwanakomana wa Æthelred, mukoma mukuru waMambo Alfred uye mutangiri samambo, akaita chibvumirano chesimba, asi akaurayiwa muHondo yeHolme muna 902. 