EGGBET - AN OVERVIEW

Minor is known of the very first 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, however it is believed that he was equipped to keep up the independence of Wessex against the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated one other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy at the Battle of Ellandun, and proce