General Notes

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1  NAME Egbert the Great of /Wessex/
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
1  DEAT
2  DATE 4 FEB 838/39
2  PLAC ,Wessex, England
2  SOUR S033320
3  DATA
4  TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 233; Kings and Queens of Britain; AF; Some Prominent Virginia
Families; Ancestral Roots 1-13; Kirby; Pfafman; Young; Kings, Queens,
Bones,
and Bastards by David Hilliam.
Roots: Egbert, born 775, died after 19 Nov. 838, son of Eahlmund, King
of Kent. King of Wessex, 802-827, and was the first king of all England,
827-836; married Raedburh. The male line of kings descends from him to
Edward the Confessor and the female line to the present time.
RC: King of Wessex 802-827. First King of England, 827-839. Male line
of kings descends from him to Edward the Confessor and the female line to
the present time (1992).
VA Families: "He united the seven kingdoms of Britain, known as the
Heptarchy, into the one Kingdom of England. Prior to that event he was
King ofthe Saxon Kingdom of Wessex."
K&Q: Egbert (III), King of Wessex 802.
Kirby: Ecgberht.
Young: Egbert, died 839, King of Wessex, later of England.
Hilliam: Egbert, King of Wessex. Reigned 802-839. "The seven Saxon
kingdoms each lasted for about three hundred years, until finally King
Egbert of Wessex [West Saxony] was hailed as `Bretwalda' or `sole ruler
of Britain' round about the year AD 825. For this reason, Egbert is
generally recognised as the first English king..." See page 13.
Note: In 825 Egbert annexed Kent, Surrey, Essex and Sussex. In 829 Mercia
fell to Egbert and Northumbria soon acknowledged his lordship. As the
overlord of all the English Kings he is considered the first King of
England. "The Oxford History of Britain" Kenneth O. Morgan. The House of
Wessex lineage traced from "The Oxford Illustrated History of the British
Monarchy" John Cannon & Ralp Griffiths.