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Name Egbert OF WESSEX , King of Wessex
Birth Date ca 0775149
Death Date Feb 4, 0839149
Burial Place Winchester, Dorset, England149
Burial Memo Winchester Cathedral
Father Ealhumnd OF KENT , Underking of Kent (?-0786)
Mother Unknown
Spouses
1 Redburga
Birth Date ?
Death Date ?
Children Aethelwulf (ca0800-0858)
Notes for Egbert OF WESSEX , King of Wessex
He 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.149
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