Egbert, King of England

775 - 893  (118 years)

• Name	Egbert
  Born	775	Wessex, England   [2, 4, 5]
  History	birth to death
  Egbert's name was also spelt Ecgbeorht. [6] In 784, he was crowned the Under King of Kent. [4] In 800 at the decline of the power of King Brithric (786 - 802), 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. [5] In 802, he was crowned the King of Wessex and reigned until 827. [2, 4, 5] In 827, he was crowned the King of all England and reigned until 836. [2, 4]
  Reign	From 827 to 893
  King of England
  Died	4 Feb 893	Wessex, England   [2, 4, 5]
  Buried	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England   [5]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Egbert, King of England ,   b. 775, Wessex, England ,   d. 4 Feb 893, Wessex, England  (Age 118 years) ▻ Rædburh   2. Saint Alburga ▻ Wulfstan, Ealdorman of Wiltshire
  Person ID	I2854	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Eahlmund, Under-King of Kent,   b. Abt 758, Wessex, England ,   d. 786, England  (Age ~ 28 years)
  Mother	daughter
  Family ID	F2248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rædburh,   b. Abt 788  [2, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Æthelwulf, King of England ,   b. Abt 806, Wessex, England ,   d. 13 Jan 858  (Age ~ 52 years)   2. Editha, Abbess of Polesworth   3. Athelstan, Sub King of Kent
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F2246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as "after 19 Nov. 838." [2]

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 775 - Wessex, England Died - 4 Feb 893 - Wessex, England Buried - - Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Egbert, King of England

  
  

• Sources

  [S2002] ------------- Secondary Sources -------------. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), Secondary Source. Line 1 [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), Secondary Source. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008), Secondary Source. [S1498] Mommaerts-Browne, Stanford. "Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages" , (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 6, July 2005), Secondary Source.