Ecgbriht Wessex, King of Wessex

Abt 770 - 839  (69 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• 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
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I13597	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Ealhmund Wessex, King of Kent,   b. Abt 750, England d. 788 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	England
  Family ID	F7073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Redburga,   b. Abt 788, Wessex
  Marriage	England
  Children	+ 1. Æthelwulf Wessex, King of Wessex,   b. Abt 806, Wessex d. 13 Jan 858, Steyning, Wessex (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F7054	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 770 - Wessex Death - 839 - Wessex Initiatory (LDS) - 28 May 1998 - BOISE Marriage - - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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 .