King of England Egbert[1]
775 - 839 (64 years)
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Name Egbert Title King of England Relationship 
with Kathleen Alice Jones-Rouse Birth 775 Gender Male Occupation 802 to 839 King of Wessex in England - He was known as the First King of ALL England.
Stories and Notes Egbert (Ecgberht in Anglo Saxon) king of Wessex (802-39), and the first Saxon king recognized as sovereign of all England . He was the son of a Kentish noble but claimed descent from Cerdic (reigned 519-34), founder of Wessex, the kingdom of the West Saxons in southern England. During the late 8th century, when King Offa of Mercia (reigned 757-96) ruled most of England, Egbert lived in exile at the court of Charlemagne. Egbert regained his kingdom in 802. He conquered the neighboring kingdoms of Kent, Cornwall, and Mercia, and by 830 he was also acknowledged as sovereign of East Anglia, Sussex, Surrey, and Northumbria and was given the title of Bretwalda (Anglo-Saxon, "ruler of the British"). During following years Egbert led expeditions against the Welsh and the Vikings. The year before his death he defeated a combined force of Danes and Cornish at Hingston Down in Cornwall. He was succeeded by his son Aethelwulf, the father of Alfred. To Lady Kathleen 31st great-grandfather Death 4 Feb 839 Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 
Person ID I2011 Enchanted Family Tree Last Modified 6 Sep 2020
Father King of Kent Ealhmund, b. 750 d. 784 (Age 34 years) Mother Queen of Kent UnNamed Family ID F955 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Princess of Quentin Redburga Children + 1. King of England Aethelwulf, b. 795 d. 13 Jan 858 (Age 63 years) 2. Editha, b. 802 d. 871 (Age 69 years) 3. Athelstan, b. 808 d. 839 (Age 31 years) Family ID F954 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2012
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Death - 4 Feb 839 - Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 
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Notes - Known as the first King of All England, he was forced into exile at the court of Charlemagne, by the powerful Offa, King of Mercia. Egbert returned to England in 802 and was recognized as king of Wessex. He defeated the rival Mercians at the bat tle of Ellendun in 825. In 829, the Northumbrians accepted his overlordship and he was proclaimed "Bretwalda" or sole ruler of Britain.
In his early liffe Egbert was forced to take refuge at the court of the powerful Offa, King of the tribal kingdom of Mercia. Beothric responded by proposing an alliance between himself and Offa, which was to be cemented by his marriage to Offa's daughter Eadburgha. He further requested that Offa deliver the rebel Egbert to him. Offa accepted Beorthric's offer for his daughter's hand in marriage, but instead of handing over Egbert to his enemy and certain death, he merely banished him from England.
Once Beothic died, Egbert returned to his native England to claim the vacant throne of Wessex in 800 and was accepted although the Mercians opposed his rule. After many battles Egbert became king of all of England.
The vikings attacked during Egbert's reign. Egbert defeated them but by the time of his death in 839 the Viking raids had become annual occurences and Mercia had regained its independence.
- Known as the first King of All England, he was forced into exile at the court of Charlemagne, by the powerful Offa, King of Mercia. Egbert returned to England in 802 and was recognized as king of Wessex. He defeated the rival Mercians at the bat tle of Ellendun in 825. In 829, the Northumbrians accepted his overlordship and he was proclaimed "Bretwalda" or sole ruler of Britain.
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