See also:

• ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 766)
• ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 839)

ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 839)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, succeeded to the See also:

• THRONE

throne in 802 on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Beorhtric . It is said that at an earlier See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period in his See also:

• LIFE

life he had been driven out for three years by See also:

• OFFA
• OFFA (d. 796)

Offa and Beorhtric . The See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 766)
• ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 839)

Ecgbert seems to have brought about an invasion by .lEthelmund, See also:

• EARL

earl of the See also:

• HWICCE

Hwicce, who was defeated by Weoxtan, earl of See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire . In 815 Ecgbert ravaged the whole of the territories of the West Welsh, which probably at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time did not include much more than See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall . The next important occurrence in the reign was the defeat of Beornwulf of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia at a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place called Ellandun in 825 . After this victory See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, See also:

• SURREY
• SURREY, EARLDOM OF
• SURREY, HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF (1518?-1547)

Surrey, See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex and See also:

• ESSEX
• ESSEX, ARTHUR CAPEL
• ESSEX, EARLS OF
• ESSEX, KINGDOM OF
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX
• ESSEX, ROBERT DEVEREUX, 2ND2 EARL OF (1566-1601)
• ESSEX, WALTER DEVEREUX, IST2 EARL OF (1541–1576)

Essex submitted to Wessex; while the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Anglians, who slew Beornwulf shortly afterwards, acknowledged Ecgbert as overlord . In 829 the king conquered Mercia, and See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria accepted him as overlord . In 830 he led a successful expedition against the Welsh . In 836 he was defeated by the Danes, but in 838 he won a See also:

• BATTLE

battle against them and their See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies the West Welsh at Hingston Down in Cornwall . Ecgbert died in 839, after a reign of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-seven years, and was succeeded by his son'See also:

• ETHELWULF

Ethelwulf . A somewhat difficult question has arisen as to the parentage of Ecgbert . Under the See also:

• YEAR

year 825 the See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle states that in his eastern conquests Ecgbert recovered what had been the rightful See also:

• PROPERTY

property of his See also:

• KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

kin .

The See also:

• FATHER

father of Ecgbert was called Ealhmund, and we find an Ealhmund, king in Kent, mentioned in a See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter dated 784, who is identified with Ecgbert's father in a See also:

• LATE

late addition to the Chronicle under the date 784 . It is possible, however, that the Chronicle in 825 refers to some claim through See also:

• INE

Ine of Wessex from whose See also:

• BROTHER

brother Ingeld Ecgbert was descended . See Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, edited by See also:

• EARLE, JOHN (c. 16o1-1665)
• EARLE, RALPH (1751-1801)

Earle and Plummer (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1899) ; W. de G . See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

Birch, Cartularium Saxonicum (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1885-1893) . Also a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper by See also:

• SIR

Sir H . H . Howorth in Numismatic Chronicle, third See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series, vol. xx. pp . 66-87 (reprinted separately, London, 1900), where See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention is called to the See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar dating of several of Ecgbert's charters, and the view is put forward that he remained abroad considerably later than the date given by the Chronicle for his accessio i . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand a charter in Birch, See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

Cart . See also:

• SAX, ANTOINE JOSEPH

Sax., purporting to date from 799, contains the curious statement that See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace was made between Ccenwulf and Ecgbert in that year .