EGGBET - AN OVERVIEW

Minimal is thought of the first twenty years of Ecgberht's reign, nonetheless it is thought that he was ready to keep up the independence of Wessex towards the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated the other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, finished Mercia's supremacy with the Battle of Ellandun, a