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About Ecgberht
Ecgberht, also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex, but on Beorhtric's death in 802, Ecgberht returned and took the throne.
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- monarch
- Position held
- King of Wessex, King of Mercia, King of Essex
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Born
- 771
- Died
- 839