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Ecgberht (770/775 – 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent . In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne 's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex , but on Beorhtric's ...
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Becoming king Offa, the King of Mercia who supported...
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This is a list of monarchs of the Kingdom of the West Saxons...
- Ealhmund of Kent
The genealogical preface to this manuscript, as well as the...
- Ecgberht of Kent
Ecgberht I (also spelled Egbert) (died 4 July 673) was a...
- Egbert of Wessex
Egbert (also spelt Ecgberht) (c. 769 –839) was King of...
- Æthelwulf of Wessex
Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble...
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Apr 20, 2023 · On Demand. Who was King Egbert of Wessex and What Did He Do? Forced into exile after losing a bitter power struggle, Ecgberht of Wessex returned and changed the course of history. Mercian domination was gone and Wessex rose. Indeed he became so powerful he was described as a ‘wide-ruler’ of England.
Nov 30, 2019 · King Egbert was the first King of England. He was the first man to establish a stable and extensive rule over the Anglo-Saxons of England. He had been exiled at the court of Charlemagne in 802 but returned to England and ruled the kingdom of Wessex. In 827, he conquered Mercia, which gave him control of all of England south of Humber.
Definition. Egbert of Wessex (l. c. 770-839 CE, r. 802-839 CE; also given as Ecgberht, Ecbert) was the most powerful and influential king of Wessex prior to the reign of Alfred the Great (r. 871-899 CE).
