![]() ![]() Ida was the son of Eoppa, Eoppa of Esa, Esa of Ingwy, Ingwy of Angenwit, Angenwit of Alloc, Alloc of Bennoc, Bennoc of Brand, Brand of Balday, This year Ida began his reign from whom first arose the royal kindred of the Northumbrians. And then had elapsed of his age three and twenty winters, and three hundred and ninety-six winters from the time when his kindred first gained the land of Wessex from the Welsh. Then succeeded Alfred, their brother, to the government. From this Woden arose all our royal kindred, and that of the Southumbrians also. Their leaders were two brothers, Hengest and Horsa who were the sons of Wihtgils Wihtgils was the son of Witta, Witta of Wecta, Wecta of Woden. From Anglia, which has ever since remained waste between the Jutes and the Saxons, came the East Angles, the Middle Angles, the Mercians, and all of those north of the Humber. From the Old Saxons came the people of Essex and Sussex and Wessex. From the Jutes are descended the men of Kent, the Wightwarians (that is, the tribe that now dwelleth in the Isle of Wight), and that kindred in Wessex that men yet call the kindred of the Jutes. Then came the men from three powers of Germany the Old Saxons, the Angles, and the Jutes. This year sent the Britons over sea to Rome, They reigned altogether in Britain four hundred and seventy winters since Gaius Julius first sought that land. This was about eleven hundred and ten winters after it was built. This year the Goths sacked the city of Rome and never since have the Romans reigned in Britain. ![]()
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