Egbert, King of England

775 - 839  (64 years)

• Name	Egbert
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	775	Kingdom of Wessex, England   [1, 3, 4]
  History	birth to death
  	Egbert's name was also spelt Ecgbeorht. [5] In 784, he was crowned the Under King of Kent. [3] In 800 at the decline of the power of King Brithric (786 - 802), 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. His reign, a long and glorious one, is memorable for the great victories he achieved over the Danes. [4] In 802, he was crowned the King of Wessex and reigned until 827. [1, 3, 4] In 827, he was crowned the King of all England and reigned until 836. [1, 3]
  Death	4 Feb 839	Kingdom of Wessex, England   [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England   [4]
  Siblings	1 Sibling
  1. Egbert, King of England ,   b. 775, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 4 Feb 839, Kingdom of Wessex, England  (Age 64 years) ▻ Rædburh   2. Saint Alburga ▻ Wulfstan, Ealdorman of Wiltshire
  Person ID	I2854	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Eahlmund, Under-King of Kent,   b. Abt 758, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 786, England (Age 28 years)
  Mother	daughter
  Family ID	F2248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rædburh,   b. Abt 788  [1, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Æthelwulf, King of England ,   b. Abt 806, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 13 Jan 858 (Age 52 years)   2. Editha, Abbess of Polesworth   3. Athelstan, Sub King of Kent
  Family ID	F2246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as "after 19 Nov. 838." [1]

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 775 - Kingdom of Wessex, England Child - Æthelwulf, King of England - Abt 806 - Kingdom of Wessex, England Death - 4 Feb 839 - Kingdom of Wessex, England Burial - - Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Egbert, King of England

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). Line 1 [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S1498] Mommaerts-Browne, Stanford. "Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages" , (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 6, July 2005).