Ecgberht, King of England

775 - 839  (64 years)

• Name	Ecgberht   [1]
  Suffix	King of England
  Birth	775  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	King of Wessex. First King of all England; acc. 802; reigned 802-838.
  Death	839  [1]
  Notes	"As a young man he was in exile at the court of Charlemagne. Beginning in 825 his military successes almost doubled the size of the West Saxon kingdom, adding Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Essex, and (for a time) Mercia. He also fought against the Danes a number of times." [1]
  Person ID	I4220	Ellingboe
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2011

  
  

  Family ID

  F3115

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• Sources

  [S144] Stone, D.C., Stone - Ancient and Medieval, (Don Charles Stone, 1995-1998), Chart 10-12 (Reliability: 3).