EGGBET - AN OVERVIEW

Small is known of the very first twenty years of Ecgberht's reign, however it is believed that he was in a position to keep up the independence of Wessex versus the kingdom of Mercia, which At the moment dominated the other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy for the Struggle of Ellandu