1372. EGBERT³⁹ (EAHLMUND⁴⁰, EAFA⁴¹, EOPPA⁴², INGILD⁴³, CENRED⁴⁴, CEOWALD⁴⁵, CUTHA⁴⁶, CUTHWINE⁴⁷, (Ceolin)⁴⁸ CAEELIN, CYNRIC⁴⁹ , CERDIC⁵⁰)⁽¹⁰⁶⁵⁾ was born about 775. EGBERT died AFT 19 NOV 839. His body was interred in Winchester.

He married Raedburgh (Redburga). (Additional notes for Raedburgh (Redburga)⁽¹⁰⁶⁶⁾) King of W.Saxons (Wessex) 802-839; the first of the kings of Wessex and all England after the domination by Mercia (esp. Offa) in the eighth century. From 825 to 829, Egbert conquered Mercia; during this time, virtually all the rest of Britain south of the Humber and east of Offa's Dyke was brought under Egbert's control. (Cornwall was essentially added by 840.) Although Mercia returned to Wiglaf in 830, and Essex and much of Mercia would fall to the Danes in the years to come, Kent, Surrey and Sussex ceased to be kingdoms independent of West Saxon control.

EGBERT and Raedburgh (Redburga) had the following child:

+ 1310 i. ETHELWULF ("Noble Wolf")³⁸ .

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