EGGBET - AN OVERVIEW

Small is thought of the main 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, but it really is thought that he was equipped to keep up the independence of Wessex against the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated another southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, finished Mercia's supremacy for the Struggle of Ellandun, and pro