Ecgberht, King of Wessex - Wikipedia Ecgberht (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
Egbert | King of England, Saxon Ruler, Reformer | Britannica Egbert (died 839) 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)
King Egbert of Wessex - World History Encyclopedia 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)
Who was Egbert of Wessex? - World History Edu 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 ”
King Egbert - Historic UK 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 Facts and Timeline - The First Monarch of England 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 In 827, he conquered Mercia, which gave him control of all of England south of Humber
Egbert, King of Wessex | British History - Britain Express Egbert has been called 'the first king of all England', a rather grand claim which depends on how you define 'Britain' Egbert was a son of Ealhmund, the Kentish king, and grandson of king Eafa of Wessex, but not the heir apparent to the Wessex throne
Who was King Egbert of Wessex and What Did He Do? In the tumultuous landscape of eighth-century England, a resilient and ambitious king named Egbert of Wessex rose to power, forever altering the course of history as he transformed Wessex into a dominant kingdom
Egbert, King of Wessex (r. 802-839) - The Royal Family 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
Egbert, or Ecgbehrt, the first King of all England - English Monarchs 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