heptarchy
Noun
Meaning
A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
septet
week
democracy
monarchy
aristocracy
anarchy
oligarchy
autocracy
plutocracy
matriarchy
theocracy
heterarchy
gerontocracy
polyarchy
timocracy
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It was attributed to the Kingdom of Sussex later in a work called "Saxon Heptarchy" by John Speed that dates from 1611.
History Although the kingdom of Essex was one of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, its history is not well documented.
The remaining kingdom of Wessex was the only kingdom of the Heptarchy left.