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	BBC - h2g2 - Egbert - King of Wessex - A348103
		Egbert was the son of Ealhmund, King of Kent.
		Egbert fled to the Frankish court where Charlemagne took him in, here he meet his wife Raedburh, or Redburga, who was a daughter of Charlemagne's sister-in law.
		and Egbert succeeded to the Kingdom of Wessex'.
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	tScholars.com \| Egbert of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 815 Egbert ravaged the whole of the territories of the West Welsh, which probably at this time did not include much more than Cornwall; it is probably from his reign that Cornwall can be considered subject to Wessex.
		In 836 Egbert was defeated by the Danes, but in 838 he won a battle against them and their allies the West Welsh at Hingston Down in Cornwall.
		Egbert married Redburga, a Frankish princess (possibly a sister or sister-in-law of the emperor Charlemagne), and had two sons and a daughter.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Egbert_of_Wessex (729 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Egbert of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The father of Egbert was called Ealhmund, and we find an Ealhmund, king in Kent, mentioned in a charter dated 784, who is identified with Egbert's father in a late addition to the Chronicle under the date 784.
		The accession of Egbert seems to have brought about an invasion by Ælthelmund[?], earl of the Hwicce, who was defeated by Weoxtan[?], earl of Wiltshire.
		Egbert married Redburga, a Frankish princess (possibly a sister of the emperor Charlemagne), and had two sons and a daughter.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/eg/Egbert_of_Wessex (368 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Egbert.
		Ealhmund was himself the son of Eafa, King of Wessex, by a Kentish princess.
		Egbert was forced to take refuge at the court of the powerful Offa, King of the tribal kingdom of Mercia.
		Egbert was forced to flee to France, then ruled by the Emperor Charlemagne and is said to have served in his army.
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	TimeRef - History Timelines
		Egbert fought the Vikings at Carhampton but was defeated by the invaders.
		Egbert was followed by his son Ethulwulf as King of Wessex.
		Alfred was the fifth son of Ethelwulf, King of Wessex.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hstt33.htm (83 words)

	Beorhtric of Wessex at AllExperts
		In 786, Cynewulf, king of Wessex, was killed by the exiled noble Cyneheard, brother of the former King Sigeberht.
		Additionally, it is suggested that Egbert was a descendant of the Kentish dynasty that, under Ealhmund, had rebelled against Offa's rule and beaten him at the battle of Otford.
		Land that had traditionally been on the borders of Mercian and Wessex were administered by the Mercian court, as is seen in Charters of Offa, and his son Ecgfrith.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/be/beorhtric_of_wessex.htm (443 words)

	Ancestors of Tim Farr - aqwg210
		Egbert was the sole descendant of those first conquerors who subdued Britain, and who enhanced their authority by claiming a pedigree from Woden, the supreme divinity of their ancestors.
		Egbert led his army against the invaders; and encountering them at Ellandun, in Wiltshire, obtained a complete victory, and, by the great slaughter which he made of them in their flight, gave a mortal blow to the power of the Mercians.
		Egbert, however, still allowed to Northumberland, as he had done to Mercia and East Anglia, the power of electing a king, who paid him tribute and was dependent on him.
	www.geocities.com /dustyhills/aqwg210.htm (3571 words)

	EBK: Egbert, King of Wessex
		Egbert was born in the reign of King Cynewulf of Wessex.
		Egbert's mother was probably a daughter of King Aethelbert II of Kent and, hence, Aelmund was able to claim the joint-Kingship of Kent between AD 784-5.
		Soon afterward, Egbert made a play for the throne of Wessex, but his rebellion did not gain support and he was forced to flee the country.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/bios/egbertwx.html (0 words)

	The Dragon and the Raven by G. A. Henty: Chapter IV: The Invasion of Wessex
		Edmund and Egbert devoted most of their time to the building of the new fort, living very simply, and expended the whole of the revenues of the lands on the payment of the freemen and masons engaged upon the work.
		Fresh messengers were sent throughout the country bidding all the men of Wessex to rally round their king, and on the fourth morning after the defeat Ethelred found himself at the head of larger forces than had fought with him in the last battle.
		Egbert had kept beside him, and twice, when the lad had been smitten to his knees by the enemy, covered him with his shield and beat off the foe.
	www.online-literature.com /ga-henty/dragon-and-the-raven/5 (4141 words)

	Egbert - Cunnan
		In 789 Egbert was forced into exile, and may have spent some of his time in the court of Charlemagne.
		Egbert removed Wessex from the Mercian confederation, and eventually defeated Beornwulf of Mercia in 825.
		In 836 Egbert suffered a further military setback, being defeated by the Danes.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /index.php?title=Egbert&redirect=no (206 words)

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		According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Egbert was the son of Ealhmund, King of Kent.
		There is a genealogical preface to the Chronicle, which gives the name of Egbert's father as Ealhmund, without further identifying him, and which claims Egbert as a descendant of Ingeld, a brother of Ine of Wessex.
		In 836 Egbert was defeated by the "Danish People", but in 838 he won a battle against them and their allies the West Welsh at Hingston Down in Cornwall.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Egbert_of_Wessex (754 words)

	Egbert, King of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Egbert was the first of the West Saxon kings to 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.
		In 823, Egbert defeated the Welsh, defeated King Bernwulf of Mercia, conquered Kent, conquered Essex, and conquered Sussex and Surrey.
		In 839, Egbert died, and Wessex passed to Æthelwulf and the satelites passed to Æthelwulf's son Athelstan.
	www.ghg.net /shetler/oldimp/387.html (133 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Egbert WEST SAXONY ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
		Wessex had moreover developed a local organisation which gave her exceptional resiliency under attack: the alderman at the head of the shire could act on his own account.
		Egbert was the first of the long and distinguished line of West Saxon rulers upon whom fell the main burden of defending England against the Vikings.
		Egbert, king of Wessex, was a descendant of Cerdic, the founder of that
	www.geneal.net /1025.htm (2517 words)

	King of England Egbert of Wessex (Site not responding. Last check: )
		King of Wessex 802 - 829 King of Kent 825 - 829 King of the English 829 - 839 Egbert was from the Wessex royal family of Cerdic, who was considered dangerous enough to Beorhtric, a puppet king for the Mercian ruler, that he was exiled.
		At the battle of Ellendun Egbert's forces completely defeated the Mercian troops, with the result, according to the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, that there was a great slaughter there. He sent his son Ethelwulf against the sub-king of Kent, with the result that the kingdom of Wessex took in Kent, Sussex, Essex and Surrey.
		Egbert is conisdered as the eight, or by some accounts the tenth, Bretwalda (overlord or ruler of Britain).
	www.worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I04418@ (209 words)

	39th Generation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		King Egbert of Wessex [scrapbook] was born circa 784 in Wessex, England.
		Queen Redburga of Wessex was born circa 788 in Wessex, England.
		Oslac of Wessex, Chief Butler of Wessex was born circa 785 in Wessex, England.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /gneville/aqwg101.htm (775 words)

	Egbert of Wessex - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He spent this exile with the Franks on the continent, and although it is said to have lasted three years, some historians have suggested that this period may have actually lasted thirteen years (789–802), as this would account for Egbert's whereabouts during the whole period preceding Beorhtric's death.
		In 815 Egbert ravaged the whole of the territories of the West Welsh, which probably at this time did not include much more than Cornwall; it is probably from his reign that Cornwall can be considered subject to Wessex.
		Egbert married Redburga, a Frankish princess (possibly a sister-in-law of the emperor Charlemagne), and had two sons and a daughter.
	egbertofwessex.quickseek.com (599 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		795–858) was the elder son of King Egbert of Wessex.
		Thereafter he was styled King of Kent [1] until he succeeded his father as King of Wessex in 839, whereupon he became King of Wessex, Kent, Cornwall, the West Saxons and the East Saxons.
		Egbert had been a grizzeled veteran who had fought for survival since his youth.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Ethelwulf_of_Wessex (866 words)

	Family tree for Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of England
		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.
		Ethelwulf King of Wessex, born Abt 0806, Of Wessex, England, died 13 Jan 0857, England, M: Abt 830.
		Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of England, born Abt 0968, of, Wessex, England, died 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England, married Abt 985, Of Wessex, England.
	math.uww.edu /~mcfarlat/pictures/eke-aqe.htm (669 words)

	Anglo-Saxon England
		Generally speaking, the title fell in the 7th century to the kings of Northumbria, in the 8th to those of Mercia, and finally, in the 9th, to Egbert of Wessex, who in 825 defeated the Mercians at Ellendun.
		Egbert's grandson, Alfred, became king of Wessex in one of England's darkest hours.
		Wessex and Alfred were all that stood in their way.
	chemistry.mtu.edu /~pcharles/ANGLOUSA/anglosaxon1.html (1402 words)

	Tull Family: WESSEX Family
		Egbert, died after November 19, 838 in Wessex, England, at approximately 54 years of age.
		Egbert, was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints June 20, 1911.
		Egbert, and Redburg, Queen Of Wessex were sealed February 23, 1928.
	www.esva.net /ghotes/tull/i0000539.htm (191 words)

	(28) Early history of England (400 to 1200 AD).
		Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex were the main kingdoms who controlled the others whichever was in power, but they always battled among themselves for power.
		In 829, the Saxon King Egbert of Wessex established his superiority and joined all the kingdoms together.
		In the early 800’s, Danish Vikings had started attacking the country and had captured quite a few territories (except Wessex) and had settled in the eastern half of the country, but the Saxon King Alfred the Great of Wessex defeated the Danes and pushed them to the north eastern side of England.
	www.encyclopediaofauthentichinduism.org /articles/28_early_histroy.htm (551 words)

	Egbert: First King of All English
		After the death of Offa, Egbert, Wessex Warlord Extraordinaire, was free to resume his campaign to rule all of England.
		Egbert had gone into exile at the "request" of Offa, King of Mercia, who was the nominal overlord.
		Egbert and Wessex were victorious on both fronts, however, and the area quieted down for a time.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ancient_british_history/86421 (471 words)

	Egbert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He was descended from Cerdic and was apparently an unsuccessful aspirant for the crown of Wessex against Beohtric (reigned 786–802).
		He took refuge at the court of Offa of Mercia, but the alliance of Offa and Beohtric drove him to the Frankish court, where he may have spent three years.
		He sent his son Æthelwulf and an army to Kent, which was then made a dependency of Wessex.
	www.bartleby.com /65/eg/Egbert.html (0 words)

	The Royal Family > HM The Queen > Background
		Her Majesty is 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert (c.
		775-839), King of Wessex from 802 and of England 827 to 839.
		She is the fortieth monarch since William I (William the Conqueror), and also the great-great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page5543.asp (0 words)

	Egbert, 1st King of All England
		Egbert, King of WESSEX from 802 to 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.
		King of Wessex, 802-827, and was the first king of all England, 827-836.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~mikebartelt/england-egbert-king.htm (798 words)

	King of England Alfred the Great
		Alfred acceeded to the throne of Wessex upon the death of his brother Aethelred in 871.
		The greatest of these, and the only one in all English history to be called The Great, was Alfred, who, with his successors, kept the Vikings at bay, consolidated the supremacy of the Wessex kings over the whole of England, and improved the administration of the country.
		After routing the Great Army of the Vikings in 878, Alfred signed the Treaty of Wedmore with its leader Guthrum, dividing England along a line running roughly north-west from London to Chester; Alfred ruled to the south of this line and was recognized as overlord of the area to the north, known as the Danelaw.
	worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I04388@ (676 words)

	Egbert of Wessex - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At an earlier period in his life, Egbert had been driven out for three years by Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric, who took the West Saxon throne in 786.
		He spent this exile with the Franks on the continent, and some historians have suggested that this period may have actually lasted thirteen years (789 - 802), as this would account for Egbert's whereabouts during the whole period preceding Beorhtric's death.
		He was acknowledged as king by the West Saxons following Beorhtric's death, but on the same day as his accession to the throne, Ælthelmund, earl of the Hwicce, led a raid into Wessex.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Egbert_of_Wessex (544 words)

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