Ecgberht of Wessex "the Great" King of the English

   Another name for Ecgberht was Egbert of Wessex.

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 1:12, King of Wessex 802-27 and the first king of all England 837-36, son of Ealhmund, King of Kent. Egbert was King of Wessex, 802-827 and was the first King of all England, 827-836. He married Ræburga, of unknown origin. The male line of Kings descends from him to Edward the Confessor. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Historical Information. ¹⁵⁷
Egbert, who, exiled by the King Brintric, went to France and was given refuge by Charlemagne. He was chosen king in 800, reigned until 836. He reduced the seven provinces of England under his control, and ruled over Wessex, Sussex, Essex, and Kent as lord and king, over the rest of england only as sovereign over their kings. He was succeeded by his son Æthelwulf.

~A Genealogy of the Southworths, p. 247,

• Dates & Events. ⁴⁷⁰
Reigned 802-839. In 800 at the decease of King Brithric, Egbert was called by the voice of his countrymen to assume the Government of Wessex, and he subsequently succeeded in reducing all the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy under his sway. His reign, a long and glorious one, is memorable for the great victories he achieved over the Danes.

~See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 58

• Background Information. ⁷¹⁰
Ecgbert or Egbert, who succeeded to the crown of the West Saxons upon the death of King Bithrick in A.D. 800, and in the course of the first twenty years of his reign he succeeded in uniting the whole heptarchy under his rule. He was seventheeth king of the West Saxons and the first Saxon king of England. He married the Lady Redburga by whom he had a daughter and two sons, the eldest who succeeded him. Ecgbert died in 839.

~The Paynes of Hamilton, p. 211

• Background Information. ^160,851
King Egbert is not the first of his line, yet he is considered the first King of England. His ancestry begins with:

Cerdic of Wessex, a patriarch and ancestor of all subsequent Kings of Wessex, of Royal Saxon blood, arrived in Hampshire in 495, and in 519, gained a great victory at Charford. He later conquered the section of the county now known as Hampshire and Somerset. In 530, he conquered the Ise of Wight. He died in 534, leaving his crown to his son,

Cynric king of Wessex, who had greatly distinguished himself in the wars of his father. he fought a great battle in 552 against the Briton, but beyond this, his reign was comparatively a peaceful one. He died in 540 and was followed by his son,

Ceawlin King of Wessex or Ceolin, who greatly enlarged his kingdom, he was the father of,

Cuthwin, who was slain in battle against the Scots in 581. He was the father of,

Cutha Cathwulf, second son, who was the father of

Ceolwald of Wessex, visited Rome in 688, was the father of

Cenred of Wessex, died 694, father of King Ina and Ingild and

Ingild of Wessex, youngest son died in 718, was the father of

Eoppa of Wessex, who was the father of

Eafa of Wessex, who was the father of

Ealhmund of Kent, King of Kent 784, who was the father of

Egbert, call thed first king of England, was born about 775 and fled from his cousin Brethrick, taking refuge in the court of Charlemagne. He stayed there for about twelve years, serving as one of his captain. Once Brethrick from poisoning by his wife, Egbert returned to England. In 802, at Winchester, he wsa crowned king of the West Saxons. He subdued West Wales, or Corwall, defeated the king of Mercia at Ellandune, annexed Kent, and in 829 became overlord of all the English kings and gave the name of England to the whole realm. The Danes attempted an invasion at Hingston Down in Cornwall, but were defeated by King Egbert. He married Lady Redburga and dyed in 839. He was buried at Winchester and was succeeded by his son Æthelwulf, "Noble Wolf."

~Wurt's Magna Charta, pp. 169-170 and ~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, Line 1:1-12

• Web Reference: Egbert.

• Web Reference: The House of Wessex - Ecgbert.

Ecgberht married Ræburga Queen of Wessex.⁸⁵¹ (Ræburga Queen of Wessex was born about 788 in Wessex, England.)