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Ecgberht (c. 770 – 4 February 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent . In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne 's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex , but on ...
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.
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For two hundred years, three families had fought for the West Saxon throne, and no son had followed his father as king. Ecgberht's nearest connection to a previous king of Wessex was as a great-great-grandson of Ingild, brother of King Ine (688–726), but he was believed to be a paternal descendant of Cerdic, the founder of the West Saxon dynasty.
6. She was also 38th in direct line of descent from Egbert, King of Wessex from 802 and King of England from 827 to 839. 7. Aged five weeks, she was christened in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.
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
Even though her funeral was a public affair, and televised, little is known about what the Queen will be buried in. One expert believes that this may remain the case, even after Her Majesty is put ...