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          King of Wessex 802-827; First King of ALL England 827-836
          King of Wessex, Essex, Sussex, KentData Sources:

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          King of Wessex  800-839
          King of Kent  823-839
          King of Essex  823-839
          King of Sussex  823-839

          Egbert was the first of the West Saxon kings of conquer nearly all of Britian
          under his rule, with the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms as satelites of Wessex, and is
          often considered the first King of England.  After spending much time in the
          court of the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne, Egbert returned to Wessex in
          800 to take the throne.  In 813, he warred very successfully against the Welsh
          of Cornwall.  In 823, Egbert defeated the Welsh, defeated King Bernwulf of
          Mercia, conquered Kent, conquered Essex, and conquered Sussex and
          Surrey.  The East Anglians, also, sued for peace and protection from
          Bernwulf of Mercia, who was slain that year.  For only the year of 827,
          Egbert even ruled Mercia.  In 839, Egbert died and Wessex passed to
          AEthelwulf and the satelites passed to AEthelwulf's son Athelstan.
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Source: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots, Seventh Edition,Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, [1992], 1-13.

Egbert (775?-839), king of Wessex (802-39), and the first Saxon kingrecognized as sovereign of all England (828-39). He was the son of aKentish noble but claimed descent from Cerdic (reigned 519-34), founderof Wessex, the kingdom of the West Saxons in southern England. During thelate 8th century, when King Offa of Mercia (reigned 757-96) ruled most ofEngland, Egbert lived in exile at the court of Charlemagne. Egbertregained his kingdom in 802.

He conquered the neighboring kingdoms of Kent, Cornwall, and Mercia, andby 830 he was also acknowledged as sovereign of East Anglia, Sussex,Surrey, and Northumbria and was given the title of Bretwalda(Anglo-Saxon, “ruler of the British”). During succeeding years Egbert ledexpeditions against the Welsh and the Vikings. The year before his deathhe defeated a combined force of Danes and Welsh at Hingston Down inCornwall.

He was succeeded by his son Ethelwulf, the father of Alfred the Great.

!King of Wessex (802-39) and the first Saxon king recognized as sovereign of all England (828-39).  Son of a Kentish noble but claimed descent from Cerdic (d. 534), founder of Wessex, the kingdom of the West Saxons in southern England.  During the late 8th century, when King Offa of Mercia (r. 757-96) ruled most of England, Egbert lived in exile at the court of Charlemagne. Regained his kingdom in 802.  Conquered the neighboring kingdoms of Kent, Cornwall and Mercia and by 830 was acknowledged sovereign of East Anglia, Sussex, Surrey and Northumbria and given the title of Bretwalda (ruler of the British).  Led expeditions against the Welsh and Vikings. In 838 he defeated a combined force of Danes and Welsh at Hingston Down in Cornwall. [Funk & Wagnalls]

WAITE LINE

!815 - defeated the Britons of Cornwall
824 - subdues and unites England
828 - recognized as overlord of the Seven Kingdoms of the Heptarchy
[Timetables of History]

!Scarcely had Egbert brought the Heptarchy under his overlordship (828) than England was attacked from both sides, the Norsemen having now gained a footing on the French coast also, while in the west the turbulent Welsh were ready to lend them a hand against the Saxon.  At first mere hasty dashes with retreat before force could be gathered to stop them, by the middle of the century their inroads became more persistent from a fixed base; and, year after year, the curt Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has to tell how king or alderman was called to battle with such ravagers. [Leaders and Landmarks, Vol. II, p. 15]

!When his father, Alckmund, was defeated, Egbert fled to Offa, king of Mercia; but when Offa gave his daughter Edburga in marriage to Beortric there was no longer safety for him with a king to whom treachery and assassination were familiar instruments of his will. Thus, he fled to the court of Charlemagne. He marched with the armies of the great king against the Lombards and the Bavarians, the Huns and the Saxons, he saw war upon as grand a scale as the world had ever known.  Restored to his throne after Queen Edburga, wife of King Offa, accidentally poisoned her husband along with his friend who she meant to kill.  The people expelled her from the country.  Charlemagne gave Egbert his sword, "Gaudiosa", as a parting gift.  He reigned for 36
years, accomplishing that consolidation of authority which justified him in taking the title of King of England. [Knight's Popular History of England, Vol 1, p. 90-3]

!Egbert took advantage of the anarchy in Mercia and asserted supremacy which was never lost.  The battle of Ellendune (Wilton) -- the great struggle between Egbert and Beornwulf -- was fought in 823.  In 827 Northumbria submitted to Egbert. [Knight's ..., Vol 1, p. 94-5]

Descendant of Ine's brother (king, 688-726).

Until 823 the kingdom existed as a separate entity, but in that year Egbert of Wessex granted his alliance to it at the price of its nominal independence. The witan of the East Angles continued to act as the center of local government and military organization. The thing of the South folk may have met at Thingoe -- at Bury, in fact. [Victoria History of Suffolk, p. 163-4]

!King from 802-839

b. 775, son of Eahlmund, king of Kent; king of Wessex, 802-827; first king of all England, 827-36; m. Raedburh. The male line of kings descends from him to Edward the Confessor and the female line to the present time. Father of Aethelwulf, king of England. [Ancestral Roots, p. 2]

Under-King of Kent, 784-86; King of Wessex, 802; King of England, 827-36; b. 775, Wessex; d. 4 Feb 839, Wessex; m. Redburga/Raedburh; father of Aethelwulf. [Royalty for Commoners, p. 118-9]

King of Wessex; son of Ealhmund, King of Kent; m. Redburh. [WFT Vol 1 Ped 986]

1st King of all England, c. 775-4 Feb 839; m. Redburga, possible sister of Charlemagne. [William Marshall]

Son of Ealhmund Under-King of Kent and a dau of Aethelbert II King of Kent; m. Eadburh, dau. of Pepin IV Prince of the Franks; father of:
1. Aethelwulf who m. Osburh and Judith
2. Athelstan
[Terry Walters <tlwalters@voyager.net, 2 Nov 2001]

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