775 - 838 (63 years)
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| Name |
Ecgberht, [1] |
| Title |
King of Wessex |
| Birth |
775 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Nov 838 [1] |
| Burial |
Winchester Cathedral  [1] |
| Notes |
- [dunbar_tree.FTW]
Egbert is son of King Ealhmund of Wessex who descends from Cerdic, King of the West Saxons (reigned 519-34) - see AEM Charts. Cerdic led the Saxon conquest of Britain from the Briton tribes. Egbert is known as the first king of all England. He
succeeded to the throne in 802 and "overthrew the Mercian king Beornwulf in 825. This led to the annexation by Wessex of
Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Essex and the temporary recognition of West Saxon supremacy by Mercia." {-Encycl.Brit.,`56,23:520} His wife, Raedburh, is said to be a sister of the King of Franks. Egbert's later years saw many Danish Viking raids on England.
{Ref. Harold W. Smith, "Saxon England," gens. 9-13. Also: "The Earliest English Kings," D. P. Kirby (London: Routledge, 1992), pp. 189-95.} Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 58 reports that in 800 at the decease of King Brithric, Egbert was called
by the voice of his countrymen to assume the Government of Wessex, and he subsequently succeeded in reducing all the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy under his sway; his reign, a long and glorious one, is memorable for the great victories he achieved over the
Danes.
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| Person ID |
I1747 |
Bratt Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
25 Sep 2015 |
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| Sources |
- [S9] Albert E. Myers, Dunbar family tree.
Date of Import: Mar 1, 2003
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