Egbert

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Egbert was a 9th-century king of Wessex who significantly expanded West Saxon power and laid foundations for the later unification of England.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Egbert canonical 7
Egbertus 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 9th-century monarch ⓘ
King of Wessex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ecgberht ⓘ
linked to: Ecgberht I of Kent
associatedWith West Saxon hegemony in southern England ⓘ
birthDate circa 770 ⓘ
burialPlace Winchester Cathedral ⓘ
child Æthelwulf of Wessex ⓘ
conflict Battle of Ellandun ⓘ
campaigns against Cornwall ⓘ
campaigns against Mercia ⓘ
country Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
deathDate 839 ⓘ
deathPlace Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
defeated Beornwulf of Mercia ⓘ
Ludeca of Mercia ⓘ
dynasty House of Wessex ⓘ
era Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
ethnicGroup West Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Saxons
expandedTerritory Essex ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Surrey ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
father Ealhmund of Kent ⓘ
heldOverlordshipOf Mercia ⓘ
Northumbria ⓘ
historicalRole forerunner of English unification ⓘ
influencedTerritory Mercia ⓘ
Northumbria ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
monarchOf Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
notableFor expansion of West Saxon power ⓘ
laying foundations for later unification of England ⓘ
positionHeld King of Wessex ⓘ
predecessor Beorhtric of Wessex ⓘ
reignEnd 839 ⓘ
reignStart 802 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Winchester ⓘ
significantEvent submission of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Essex ⓘ
victory at the Battle of Ellandun in 825 ⓘ
spouse Redburga ⓘ
successor Æthelwulf of Wessex ⓘ
timePeriod 9th century ⓘ
title Bretwalda ⓘ
King of the West Saxons ⓘ
linked to: King of Wessex

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bert Williams → givenName → Egbert ⓘ
Bert → shortFormOf → Egbert ⓘ
Jan Brouwer → hasPartOfName → Egbertus ⓘ
subject linked to: Jan
linked to: Egbert
Egbert Benson → givenName → Egbert ⓘ
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer → givenName → Egbert ⓘ
subject linked to: Kortenaer