Aggelos the Great
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| Aggelos I | |
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| King of the Saxenders | |
 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 | |
| Reign | c. 2872 – 2844 BL |
| Predecessor | Position established |
| Successor | Vassilis the Insufferable |
| King of the Pepidish Saxenders | |
| Reign | c. 2876 – 2872 BL |
| Predecessor | Vassilis III |
| Successor | Position abolished |
| Born | c. 2887 BL Constanapolis (in present-day Saxbury |
| Died | c. 2844 (aged 42–43) Constanapolis, Saxendia |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Erasmia |
| Issue | |
| Dynasty | Aggelosian |
| Father | Vassilis III |
| Mother | Dynamene |
| Religion | Saxendish Paganism |
| Part of a series on |
| the Saxenders |
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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.