EGGBET - AN OVERVIEW

Minimal is understood of the 1st 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, however it is thought that he was ready to keep up the independence of Wessex towards the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated one other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, finished Mercia's supremacy in the Battle of Ellandun, and procee