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.

Mar 20, 2025 · Egbert (died 839) was the king of the West Saxons from 802 to 839, who formed around Wessex a kingdom so powerful that it eventually achieved the political unification of …

Nov 19, 2018 · Egbert of Wessex (l. c. 770-839 CE, r. 802-839 CE; also given as Ecgberht, Ecbert) was the most powerful and influential king of Wessex prior to the reign of Alfred the …

Oct 30, 2023 · Egbert of Wessex, one of the pivotal figures of early English history, was a king whose reign transformed the political landscape of the British Isles. His accomplishments not …

Jan 3, 2023 · Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England. In the latter years of his reign however, the arrival of the …

Egbert is a name that derives from old Germanic words meaning "bright edge", such as that of a blade. Anglo-Saxon variant spellings include Ecgberht (Old English pronunciation: …

Nov 30, 2019 · King Egbert was the first King of England. He was the first man to establish a stable and extensive rule over the Anglo-Saxons of England. He had been exiled at the court …

Egbert, in Old English Ecgbehrt, the first King of all England, was born around 770-780. He was the son of Ealhmund, King of Kent, who is mentioned in a charter of 784. Ealhmund was …

Apr 20, 2023 · In the tumultuous landscape of eighth-century England, a resilient and ambitious king named Egbert of Wessex rose to power, forever altering the course of history as he …

Jun 28, 2017 · As King of Wessex, after the decline of Mercian power under Offa, Egbert inherited the mantle of 'bretwalda' - an Anglo-Saxon term meaning a ruler with overall superiority to …