Reigned 802-839. In 800 at the decease of King Brithric, Egbert was called by the voice of his countrymen to assume the government of Wessex, and he subsequently succeeded in reducing all the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy under his sway. His reign, a long and glorious one, is memorable for the great victories he achieved over the Danes.

Egbert, b. 775, d. after 19 Nov. 838, son of Eahlmund, King of Kent. Egbert was King of Wessex, 802-827, and was the first king of all England, 827-836; m. Raedburh. The male line of kings descend from him to Edward the Confessor and the female line to the present time. (“The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,” 800, 823, 825, 837, 828, 836; “New Standard Encyclopedia,” X, 209-210; Wm. George Searle, “Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles,” Cambridge, England 1899, 342-343). (See: Harold W. Smith, “Saxon England,” gens. 9-13. This reference omits Cutha (1-6) in early portion of pedigree.)55