Egbert, King of England

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• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 827 to 839; King of England

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

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Egbert's name was also spelt Ecgbeorht.


In 784, he was crowned the Under King of Kent.

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.

In 802, he was crowned the King of Wessex and reigned until 827.

In 827, he was crowned the King of all England and reigned until 836.

Family/Spouse: Rædburh. Rædburh was born about 788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death
• Reign: From 839 to 856; King of England

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In 839, he visited Rome.

In 839, he was crowned King of England and reigned until 858.

On 1 October 856, he abdicated in favor of his son Æthelbald after returning from a lengthy pilgrimage.

Æthelwulf married Osburh about 830. Osburh (daughter of Oslac, the Royal Cup-Bearer) was born about 810 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died after 876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Æthelwulf married Judith of France, Princess of France on 1 Oct 856 in Verberie, Hauts-de-France, France. Judith (daughter of Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans) was born about 846 in France; died after 870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: He was crowned King of England in 856.
• Reign: From 856 to 860; King of England

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Æthelbald married Judith of France, Princess of France in 860. Judith (daughter of Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans) was born about 846 in France; died after 870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eticho, Count in the Breisgau and Ammergau. Eticho (son of Welf I, Count in the Argengau and the Linzgau and Heilwig) died about 910 in Ettal Abbey, Ettal, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: lifespan
• Reign: From 860 to 866; King of England

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History:
In 860, he was crowned the King of England.

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• History: lifespan
• Reign: From 866 to 872; King of England

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In 866, he was crowned the King of England.

Family/Spouse: Wulfthryth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 871, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England; In 871, he was crowned King of England in Winchester Cathedral.
• Reign: From 871 to 899; King of England
• Military: From 878 to 886; The Danes invaded England and threatened Wessex in 878. After a campaign of guerrilla warfare, Alfred defeated the Danes at Edington in 878. Once his victory had been established, he allowed the Danes to keep their conquests in Mercia and East Anglica provided that their King, Guthrum, converted to Christianity. To keep the coasts safe, he built a navy and used it, and a chain of fortifications, to thwart the Danes in 885 to 886 and 892 to 896. In 886, he captured London, thus gaining control over all of England save for the Dane Law.

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Alfred married Ealhswith of Mercia in 868 in England. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough and Eadburh of Mercia) was born about 852 in Kingdom of Mercia; died in 904 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: lifespan; She became a nun in widowhood.

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Died:
She died on a pilgrimage to Rome.

Family/Spouse: Burghræd, King of Mercia . Burghræd died in 874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He founded the Monastery at Altdorf.

Henry married Beata von Hohenwarth after 975 in Hohenwart, Bavaria, Germany. Beata (daughter of Ratpot I) died after 975 in Hohenwart, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: lifespan; In 899, he claimed the throne when King Edward the Elder died.

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Died:
He was killed in battle. His estates were forfeited to the crown.

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• History: He held Compton and Crondool, probably receiving them from King Alfred. He also held Aldingbourn. In 887, he took the alms of the king and the West Saxons to Rome. He was one of the three military leaders who defeated the Danes at Buttington in 894.

Family/Spouse: Æthelgyth of Mercia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Æthelflæd married Æthelred II, Ealdorman of Mercia between 882 and 887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Edward was Bretwala, King of Kings. He was also the King of Wessex.
• Military: From 899 to 902; Alfred died on 26 October 899 and Edward succeeded to the throne, but Æthelwold disputed the succession. He seized the royal estates of Wimborne, symbolically important as the place where his father was buried, and Christchurch, both in Dorset. Edward marched with his army to the nearby Iron Age hillfort at Badbury Rings. Æthelwold declared that he would live or die at Wimborne, but then left in the night and rode to Northumbria, where the Danes accepted him as king. In 901, Æthelwold came with a fleet to Essex, and the following year he persuaded the East Anglian Danes to invade English Mercia and northern Wessex, where his army looted and then returned home. Edward retaliated by ravaging East Anglia, but when he retreated the men of Kent disobeyed the order to retire, and were intercepted by the Danish army. The two sides met at the Battle of the Holme (perhaps Holme in Huntingdonshire) on 13 December 902. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Danes "kept the place of slaughter", meaning that they won the battle, but they suffered heavy losses, including Æthelwold and a King Eohric, possibly of the East Anglian Danes. Kentish losses included Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent and father of Edward's third wife, Eadgifu. Æthelwold's death ended the threat to Edward's throne.
• Reign: From 900 to 924; King of England
• Crowned: 8 Jun 900, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England; He was crowned.
• Military: 918; Edward defeated the Danes in 918, taking East Anglia. He conquered Mercia the same year, and Northumbria in 920.
• Last Full Review: 2 May 2021

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Death: Sewell states he died 17 June 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England.

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Reign:
He was crowned the King of England or Bretwala, that is King of Kings.

Died:
He died while attempting to put down a rebellion by Mercian and Cambrian dissidents.

Buried:
He was buried in the New Minster, a monastery in Winchester whose construction he had ordered in 901. In 1110, his remains were reinterred at Hyde Abbey, but the grave was disturbed during the construction of a prison in 1788 and his bones were lost.

Edward married Ecgwynn about 893. Ecgwynn died in 901 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Ælfflæd about 899. Ælfflæd (daughter of Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire and Æthelgyth of Mercia) was born about 878 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Eadgifu of Kent in 919 in Berkshire, England. Eadgifu (daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent) was born about 896 in Kingdom of Kent; died on 25 Aug 968 in England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ælfthryth married Baldwin II "the Bald", Count of Flanders and Artois in 884. Baldwin (son of Baldwin I "Bras de Fer", Count of Flanders and Judith of France, Princess of France) was born between 863 and 865 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 2 Jan 918 in Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]