General Notes

1  NAME /Egbert/ III
1  NAME King /Egbert/
2  SOUR S12573
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 8, 2001
1  BIRT
2  DATE 775
2  PLAC Wessex, England
1  DEAT
2  DATE 839
2  SOUR S12573
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 8, 2001
1  DEAT
2  DATE 4 FEB 838/39
2  PLAC Wessex, England


[rmosher154.ged]

First King of all England, 827-836. The male line of Kings descend from
him to Edward the Confessor and the female line to the present time.King of England, Crowned in 802

Reigned 802-839.
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.
See Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 58.