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Historians do not agree on Ecgberht's ancestry. The earliest version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Parker Chronicle, begins with a genealogical preface tracing the ancestry of Ecgberht's son Æthelwulf back through Ecgberht, Ealhmund (thought to be king Ealhmund of Kent), and the otherwise unknown Eafa and Eoppa to Ingild, brother of King Ine of Wessex, who abdicated the throne in 726.
Ecgberht I (also spelled Egbert) (died 4 July 673) was a king of Kent (664-673), succeeding his father Eorcenberht. [ 1 ] He may have still been a child when he became king following his father's death on 14 July 664, because his mother Seaxburh was recorded as having been regent .
Ecgberht II of Kent (died c. 784), king of Kent; Egbert of Saxony [de; it] (fl. 756–811), Saxon nobleman; Egbert of Lindisfarne (died 821), Bishop of Lindisfarne; Egbert of Wessex, king of Wessex (ruled 802–839) Ecgberht I of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (deposed 872; died 873) Ecgberht II of Northumbria, king of Northumbria (ruled c ...
7th King of Wessex 625–636: Centwine d. 685 13th King of Wessex 676–685: Seaxburh d. c. 674 (11th) Queen of Wessex c. 672 – c. 674: Cenwalh d. 674 8/10th King of Wessex 642–645–648–683: sister of Penda? Penda c. 606 –655 9th King of Wessex 645–648: Eowa? Cenfus d. 674 12th King of Wessex 674: Cædwalla c. 659 –689 14th King of ...
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Battle of Hingston Down: Ecgberht of Wessex defeats combined Danish Viking and Cornish armies. [1] 839. King Wiglaf of Mercia dies and is succeeded, probably in 840, by Beorhtwulf. Ecgberht, King of Wessex, dies and is succeeded by his son Æthelwulf. 841. Vikings raid the south and east coasts, including the Kingdom of Lindsey. 842
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Æthelwulf's father Ecgberht was king of Wessex from 802 to 839. His mother's name is unknown, and he had no recorded siblings. He is known to have had two wives in succession, and so far as is known, Osburh, the senior of the two, was the mother of all his children.