Ecgberht, King of Wessex
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title:
Ecgberht, King of Wessex
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Ecgberht, 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. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex, but on Beorhtric's death in 802, Ecgberht returned and took the throne. Little is known of the first 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, but it is thought that he was able to maintain the independence
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King of Wessex (802–839)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecgberht,_King_of_Wessex
date created:
2002-04-10T12:24:51Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T16:43:14Z
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