Deputate of England

The Deputate of England was a Submissive state that occupied the southern area of the island of Britain. The Deputate was established in SE 86 by the Successor Hakon II. The first Deputy of England was Bjorn I, who had been Earl of Northumbria under the Successor Erik III. Bjorn was appointed directly by the Successor, and in the first phase of the Deputate the deputyship was an appointive office under the control of the Successor. After the fall of the Gormlings from the Succession the power to appoint the Deputy devolved to the Council of Nobles, an unofficial body made up of the nobility of the Deputate of England.

The Deputate of England reached the height of its power around the turn of the fifth century under the rule of Deputy Aethelred II, popularly known as Aethelred the Magnificent. After Aethelred's death in SE 417 the Council of Nobles chose a succession of weak deputies, culminating in the deputyship of Alfred II, who launched an ill-fated invasion of Scandinavia in SE 450. Following Alfred's signing of the Great Charter in 452, the Deputy became a figurehead, while the Deputate dissolved into a collection of petty states.

List of Deputies of England

 * 1. Bjorn I (86-101)
 * 2. Ragnar I of England (101-17)
 * 18. Edgar III (349-68)
 * 19. Aethelred II (368-417)
 * 20. Harold IV (418-22)
 * 21. Ragnar of Bath (422-26)
 * 22. Alfred I (426-35)
 * 23. Alred II (435-53)
 * 24. Alfred III (453-77)