Ecgberht, King of Wessex - Wikipedia
WEBEcgberht (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 ...
Egbert | King of England, Saxon Ruler, Reformer | Britannica
WEBEgbert was the king of the West Saxons from 802 to 839, who formed around Wessex a kingdom so powerful that it eventually achieved the political unification of England (mid-10th century). The son of Ealhmund, king in Kent in 784 and 786, Egbert was a member of a family that had formerly held the.
King Egbert of Wessex - World History Encyclopedia
WEBNov 19, 2018 · 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). Egbert came to the throne at a time when the neighboring Kingdom of Mercia had dominated Wessex and controlled the sitting king Beorhtric (786-802 CE ...
King Egbert - Historic UK
WEBJan 3, 2023 · Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England. In the latter years of his reign however, the arrival of the Vikings was about to turn England and its kingdoms upside down…
King Egbert of Wessex Timeline - World History Encyclopedia
WEBEgbert 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). Egbert came to the throne at a time when the neighboring Kingdom of Mercia had dominated Wessex and controlled the sitting king Beorhtric (786-802 CE ...
King Egbert Facts and Timeline - The First Monarch of England
WEBNov 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.
Who was Egbert of Wessex? - World History Edu
WEBOct 30, 2023 · Egbert of Wessex, one of the pivotal figures of early English history, was a king whose reign transformed the political landscape of the British Isles. His accomplishments not only set the stage for the eventual unification of England but also marked the beginning of what historians refer to as the “West Saxon Ascendancy.”
Egbert, or Ecgbehrt, the first King of all England - English Monarchs
WEBSaxon King. Egbert, in Old English Ecgbehrt, the first King of all England, was born around 770-780. He was the son of Ealhmund, King of Kent, who is mentioned in a charter of 784. Ealhmund was himself the son of Eafa, King of Wessex, by a Kentish princess.
Egbert | Encyclopedia.com
WEBJun 11, 2018 · Egbert (d. 839), king of Wessex. After a profitable three-year exile in the kingdom (and then the empire) of Charles the Great, Egbert succeeded to the West Saxon throne in 802. He belonged to the native dynasty, and was descended from Ingild, the brother of King Ine (688–726).
Egbert, King of Wessex (r. 802-839) | The Royal Family
WEBEgbert, King of Wessex (r. 802-839) As King of Wessex, after the decline of Mercian power under Offa, Egbert inherited the mantle of 'bretwalda' - an Anglo-Saxon term meaning a ruler with overall superiority to other rulers He came to power in 802 and died in 839, but little else is known about his reign. The Heptarchy (made up of the separate ...
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