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Ecgberht (770/775 – 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 Beorhtric's ...
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 ...
Third Civil War: King Louis the German, grandson of Charlemagne, invades Swabia. His nephew, Pepin II of Aquitaine , and his Gascon subjects, conquer territory all the way to the Loire . May 20 — Thirteen months before his death, Louis the Pious , successor to his father Charlemagne , consents to the division of Charlemagne's empire among his ...
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.
Probable death of King Beorhtwulf of Mercia. 853. King Æthelwulf sends his son Alfred to the papal court in Rome. [1] 855. King Æthelwulf, accompanied by Alfred, sets off on a pilgrimage to Rome and appoints his second son Æthelbald as King of Wessex and his next eldest son Æthelberht as ruler of the Kingdom of Kent in his absence. 856
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