| 1. | He thereby became the Bretwalda, or high king of Britain.
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| 2. | At R�dwald's death in around 624, Edwin replaced him as Bretwalda.
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| 3. | In the early 7th century East Anglia was Bretwalda, the most powerful king in England.
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| 4. | Ceawlin was a king of Wessex and the second Bretwalda, or overlord of all Britain.
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| 5. | The Bretwalda concept is taken as evidence of a number of early Anglo-Saxon elite families.
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| 6. | The concept of Bretwalda originates in Bede's comment on who held the Imperium of Britain.
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| 7. | In the 9th-century " Anglo-Saxon Chronicle " he is referred to as a Bretwalda.
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| 8. | The Bretwalda concept is taken as evidence for a presence of a number of early Anglo-Saxon elite families.
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| 9. | During the period of the reigns from Egbert to Alfred the Great, the kings of Wessex emerged as Bretwalda, unifying the country.
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| 10. | *Apart from the comments about the " bretwalda " tag, the article rather takes for granted that the reader understands how overlordship worked.
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