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1st King of ALL England, *Egbert231, 36G Grandfather |
Birth |
0775 |
Death |
4 Feb 0839 |
Occupation |
CLICK NAME FOR NOTES. Known as First King of All England & King of Wessex |
Father |
King in Kent, *Eahlmund (Edmund) (~0758-~0788) |
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Notes for 1st King of ALL England, *Egbert |
[The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles] A.D. 827. This year was the moon eclipsed, on mid-winter's mass-night; and King Egbert, in the course of the same year,, conquered the Mercian kingdom, and all that is south of the Humber, being the eighth king who was sovereign of all the British dominions.
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For some genealogy info. go to http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01973
For a short Bio. on Egbert, go to http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon1.html
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