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Abt 770 - 839 (69 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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Name |
Ecgbriht Wessex |
Suffix |
King of Wessex |
Birth |
Abt 770 |
Wessex |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
839 |
Wessex |
Initiatory (LDS) |
28 May 1998 |
BOISE |
FamilySearch ID |
L8MB-ZF7 |
Person ID |
I13597 |
mytree |
Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
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Notes |
- Reign: 802-839. The king of Mercia drove him into exile in 789. Live d i n Gaul for three years, where he saw the expansion of Charlemagne's e mpir e. After gaining the West Saxon throne, Egbert destroyed the suprema cy o f Mercia in England. By conquering Cornwall, Kent, Surrey,and Sussex , h e permanently enlarged Wessex and made his kingdom supreme. The Merci an , East Anglians, and Northumbrians recognized his overlordship. His re ig n forshadowed the later growth of a united kingdom of England.
Ancestry and Progentry of Captain James Blount - Immigrant, by Robert Fr e derick Pfafman, p E-34. King of Wesex 802 - 827. King of England 827 -8 39 .
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