EGGBET - AN OVERVIEW

Very little is thought of the very first 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, but it surely is believed that he was in a position to maintain the independence of Wessex from the kingdom of Mercia, which At the moment dominated another southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, finished Mercia's supremacy on the Battle of Ell