44th Generation (Continued)
Family of Daughter of Kent (247) & Ealhmund UnderKing of Kent

276. Ecgbert King of Wessex, 36G Grandfather, M. Born in 0775 in Wessex, England. Ecgbert King of died in Wessex, England on 4 Feb 838/39, he was 63. Buried Aft. 4 Feb 838/39 in Winchester Cathedral, London, England.

"Egbert of Wessex (King of England) born circa 770/775 died 4
February 839. Expelled from England, he sought refuge at the Frankish
Court where he met and married his wife, Raedburh ore Redburga, who
was perhaps a niece of Charlemagne. Returned to England, he peacefully
became King of Wessex in 802 after the death of King Beorhtric.
. Ostensibly they lived in peace as for many years nothing was recorded
until 825 when he defeated Beornwulf, King of Mercia. Egbert's son
Aethelwulf drove King Baldred of Kent out of his kingdom of Kent and, by
829, Egbert was regarded as King of all England.
. Still peace did not prevail as the invading Danes were then helped by
the Cornish, only to be expelled by Egbert who was probably in his
sixties when he died in 839."








Ecgbert King of married Redburga Queen of Wessex, 36G Grandmother, F, in Wessex. Born in 0788.

Said to have been sister of King of Franks, who would have been C harlemagne, but there is little information about her.

They had one child:
309 i. AEthelwulf King of, M (0806-0857)

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