The Petty Kingdom of Wessex

The Petty Kingdom of Wessex is a Kingdom in southern Britannia ruled over by the Cerdicing family for over two centuries. In recent years it has become an expansionist kingdom encompassing the majority of the South Coast (from Cornwall to Kent) reaching as far North as Oxford and even encroaching into territory traditionally seen as Welsh. The majority of the later expansion came under King Oswulf I, after his accession in 800 he subsumed the lesser kingdoms of Middlesex, Gwent, and Glywysing although the latter two were lost at a later date. Oswulf also successfully waged war on the Petty Kingdoms of Kent and Cornwall, seizing the counties of Sussex and Dorset. Upon Oswulf's death from syphilis the Petty Kingdom was thrown into a tumultuous civil war which was won by his daughter and sole heir Queen Cynegyth (aged 5 at the time). The Petty Kingdom is currently enjoying relative peace under Queen Cynegyth's regency.