Egbert, King Of Wessex

Abt 783 - Aft 838  (~ 55 years)

• Name	Egbert, King Of Wessex
  Born	Abt 783	Of, Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  AFN	G70H-62
  Died	Aft 15 Nov 838	, Wessex, England
  Person ID	I25322	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Ealhmund, Under-King Of Kent,   b. Abt 757, Of, Wessex, England ,   d. 787  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Mother	Mrs-Ealhmund,   b. Abt 761, Of, Wessex, England
  Married	, Wessex, England
  Family ID	F9235	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Redburg, Queen Of Wessex,   b. Abt 787, Of, Wessex, England
  Married	, Wessex, England
  Children	+ 1. Ethelwulf King Of Wessex,   b. Abt 805, , Wessex, England ,   d. 9 Jan 857, , England  (Age ~ 52 years)   2. Edith, Princess Of Wessex, [Abbess],   b. Abt 807, , Wessex, England   3. Athelstan, Prince Of Wessex, [King Of Kent],   b. Abt 809, , Wessex, England ,   d. Abt 849  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Family ID	F9233	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Died - Aft 15 Nov 838 - , Wessex, England Married - - , Wessex, England  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Egbert was King of Wessex in England from 802 to his death. The King of Mercia drove him into exile in 789. Egbert lived in Gaul for three years, where he saw the expansion of Charlemagne's empire. After gaining the West Saxon throne, Egbert destroyed the supremacy of Mercia in England. By conquering Cornwall, Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, he permantely enlarged Wessex and made his kingdom supreme. The Mercians, East Anglians, and Northumbrians recognized his overlordship. His reign forshadowed the later growth of a united kingdom of England. ---------- Reference: "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p E77.