Ecgberht, King of Wessex
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Ecgberht ruled Wessex from 802 to 839 after a forced exile at Charlemagne's court. His return from the Frankish Empire came the moment his rival Beorhtric died, positioning him to reshape Anglo-Saxon power dynamics.
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Ecgberht, 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 death in 802, Ecgberht returned and took the throne.
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