Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameEgbert Of Wessex 1st King Of All England, 33G Grandfather
FatherEalhmund Sub-King Of Kent (~758-~786)
Web Notes notes for Egbert Of Wessex 1st King Of All England
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 21:
As a young man, he must have evinced some aspirations which led Offa, King of Mercia, and his son-in-law Beorhtric, King of Wessex, to expel him from England. He took refuge at the Frankish court of Charlemagne and it was there apparently that he met and married his wife, Raedburh (Redburga), who was alleged to be a close relation, perhaps a niece, of Charlemagne. Edbert returned to England and seems to have succeeded to the throne peacefully.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has nothing more to say of him for over 20 years, then in 825 he fought a battle at Ellendun, near Wroughton in Wiltshire, with Beornwul, King of Mercia, in which he was victorious, and great slaughter was made there. Following this victory, Egbert sent his son Ethelwulf into Kent with a great force and they drove King Baldred north over Thames and the Kentishmen submitted to him, and the men of Surrey and Sussex and Essex.
And the same year the King of the East Angles and the court turned to King Egbert as their protector and guardian against the fear of Mercian aggression, and the East Angles slew Beornwulf, King of the Mercians. Two more shadowy kings ruled in Mercia in quick succession, then in 829 Egbert conquered Mercia and all that was south of the Humber, thereby becoming acknowledged as the 8th Bretwalda or "Ruler of Britain." He also made incursions into Northumbria and Wales, both of which submitted to him and paid tribute.
His final years were spent dealing with Danish invaders in the south and west, who allied themselves with the Cornish. The old warrior put them to flight at Hingston Down. He must have been well into his 60's when he died in the second half of 839 after a reign of 37 years and 7 months. He was buried at Winchester.
As a young man, he must have evinced some aspirations which led Offa, King of Mercia, and his son-in-law Beorhtric, King of Wessex, to expel him from England. He took refuge at the Frankish court of Charlemagne and it was there apparently that he met and married his wife, Raedburh (Redburga), who was alleged to be a close relation, perhaps a niece, of Charlemagne. Edbert returned to England and seems to have succeeded to the throne peacefully.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has nothing more to say of him for over 20 years, then in 825 he fought a battle at Ellendun, near Wroughton in Wiltshire, with Beornwul, King of Mercia, in which he was victorious, and great slaughter was made there. Following this victory, Egbert sent his son Ethelwulf into Kent with a great force and they drove King Baldred north over Thames and the Kentishmen submitted to him, and the men of Surrey and Sussex and Essex.
And the same year the King of the East Angles and the court turned to King Egbert as their protector and guardian against the fear of Mercian aggression, and the East Angles slew Beornwulf, King of the Mercians. Two more shadowy kings ruled in Mercia in quick succession, then in 829 Egbert conquered Mercia and all that was south of the Humber, thereby becoming acknowledged as the 8th Bretwalda or "Ruler of Britain." He also made incursions into Northumbria and Wales, both of which submitted to him and paid tribute.
His final years were spent dealing with Danish invaders in the south and west, who allied themselves with the Cornish. The old warrior put them to flight at Hingston Down. He must have been well into his 60's when he died in the second half of 839 after a reign of 37 years and 7 months. He was buried at Winchester.