King of the South Saxons Ælle of Sussex

439 - 514  (75 years)

• Name	Ælle of Sussex  [1]
  Title	King of the South Saxons
  Birth	439	Saxony, Germany
  	(now Northern Germany)
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	Ælle and Cissa besieged Andredes cester, and killed all who lived in there; there was not even one Briton left there
  Occupation	Ælle was the first king to have held "imperium", or overlordship, over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
  Death	514	Saxony, Germany
  	Ælle may have met his death in the disastrous battle of Mount Badon when the Britons halted Saxon expansion
  Burial	Sussex, England
  	He may have been buried with his weapons and ornaments in the usual mode of burial among the South Saxons
  Person ID	I10349	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Esla de Saxony,   b. 411, Saxony, Germany d. 490, Saxony, Germany (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elesa Gewisson,   b. 415, Saxony, Germany d. 499, Saxony, Germany (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elesa,   b. 443, Saxony, Germany d. 540, Somme, Picardie, France (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	Saxony, Germany
  	(now Northern Germany)
  Children	1. King of Anglo-Saxon Wessex Cerdic of Wessex,   b. 467, Saxony, Germany d. 534, England (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 439 - Saxony, Germany Death - 514 - Saxony, Germany Burial - - Sussex, England Marriage - - Saxony, Germany  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  _Ælle Ælle (also Aelle or Ella) is recorded in early sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514 According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ælle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymensora and fought against the local Britons. The chronicle…

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees.