Egbert King of Wessex

775 - 839  (64 years)

• Name	Egbert King of Wessex  [1, 2]
  Born	775	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	790-796
  	Subregulus of Kent
  Occupation	802
  	Returned to England from exile at the court of Charlemagne and recognized as King of the West Saxons (Wessex)
  Occupation	825
  	Defeated the Mercians at the Battle of Ellendun
  Occupation	829
  	Proclaimed "Bretwalda" (sole ruler) of Britain (overlord of England)
  Occupation	825-829
  	Subjugated Mercia, East-Anglia, Essex, Sussex, Kent and Northumbria
  Occupation	837
  	Fought and defeated the Danes
  Died	4 Feb 839	Wessex, England
  Buried	Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I4341	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Eahlmund of Wessex
  Family ID	F4265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Readburh of Wessex,   b. Abt 788, Wessex, England
  Married	Abt 800	England
  Children	1. Æthelwulf King of Wessex,   b. Abt 806, Wessex, England ,   d. 13 Jan 858, England  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 78. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 2:1-13.