Aggelos the Great

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Aggelos I
King of the Saxenders
Aggelos the Great.jpg
Aggelos is depicted in the Tapestry of Kings preparing to ride his steed into the Battle of Helicos to unify the Saxenders
King of the Saxenders
Reignc. 2872 – 2844 BL
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorVassilis the Insufferable
King of the Pepidish Saxenders
Reignc. 2876 – 2872 BL
PredecessorVassilis III
SuccessorPosition abolished
Bornc. 2887 BL
Constanapolis (in present-day Saxbury
Diedc. 2844(2844-00-00) (aged 42–43)
Constanapolis, Saxendia
Burial
SpouseErasmia
Issue
DynastyAggelosian
FatherVassilis III
MotherDynamene
ReligionSaxendish Paganism

Aggelos I (reconstructed Middle Saxender: Ángelos; c. 2887-2844 BL) was the first king of the Saxenders to unite the Saxender tribes under a single ruler, changing the leadership from several squabbling kings into one powerful king. He is considered to be the founder of the Aggelosian Dynasty, which ruled the Saxender empire for the next 35 years. He has been immortalized by those from Saxbury for being "the direct predecessor and king of what one day would become the Duchy of Saxbury".

Aggelos succeeded his father, Vassilis III, as king of the Pepidish Saxenders in 2876 BL, and eventually came to rule an area extending from the eastern border of Saxbury to the Cartgeo River. At the Battle of Gortigus he established military dominance over the rump state of the fragmenting East Kingdom of the Saxenders, establishing the Empire of the Saxenders.

Background

Aggelos was the first son of Vassilis III, a Vassilian king of the Pepidish Saxenders, and Dynamene. Supposedly, the king was descended from the legendary Pythagorus.

Numerous small Saxendish petty kingdoms existed during the early 3rd millennium BL.