Ecgberht, King of Wessex
King of Wessex
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The West Saxon king who broke Mercia's stranglehold on England. In 825, Ecgberht shattered the old order at Ellandun, seized control of the southeast, and briefly ruled almost the entire Anglo-Saxon world—a dominance that slipped through his fingers within a year but left Wessex holding the pieces that would one day become England.
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Ecgberht spent the 780s in exile at Charlemagne's court, driven out by Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex. When Beorhtric died in 802, he returned and claimed the throne. For two decades he kept Wessex independent while Mercia dominated the south, then in 825 he defeated Beornwulf at the Battle of Ellandun and ended Mercian supremacy, taking control of the southeastern kingdoms. In 829 he drove Wiglaf of Mercia from his throne and received the submission of Northumbria at Dore; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle called him bretwalda, wide-ruler of the Anglo-Saxon lands. Wiglaf reclaimed Mercia with…
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