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ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 839) , king of the West Saxons
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that in his eastern conquests Ecgbert recovered what had been the rightful property of his kin. The father of Ecgbert was called Ealhmund, and we find an Ealhmund, king in Kent, mentioned in a charter dated 784, who is identified with Ecgbert's father in a late
See Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, edited by Earle and Plummer (Oxford
paper by Sir H. H. Howorth in Numismatic Chronicle, third series , vol. xx. pp. 66-87 (reprinted separately, London, 1900), where attention is called to the peculiar dating of several of Ecgbert's charters, and the view is put forward that he remained abroad considerably later than the date given by the Chronicle for his accessio i. On the other hand a charter in Birch, Cart. Sax., purporting to date from 799, contains the curious statement that peace was made between Ccenwulf and Ecgbert in that year.End of Article: ECGBERT, or ECGBERHT (d. 839) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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