In this illustration of the succession of Saxon kings from King Egbert to King Edward the Confessor, crown-topped orbs contain the name of each king, except for the two orbs that contain no crowns and the name of a non-ruling descendent. Each orb also contains the length of the respective king's reign. With the exception of King Athelwulf, the image does not present the wives of the kings. It also recognizes neither the birth order of descending kings nor the presence of Danish kings, who ruled England for a portion of the period covered by the diagram. (Foxe's text does address these reigns.) This woodcut appears in the fourth edition (1583). No Luborsky and Ingram #. JPEG file (2.1 MB).
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