Egbert the Great of Wessex
Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex (802 – 839) as successor to King Beorhtric
Established himself as Bretwalda (chief king) in England (825 - 839)
King of Mercia briefly (829 - 830) as successor to King Wiglaf before being expelled
Born (c775) – Died (Feb 3, 839)
Buried at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire
His bones remain in a mortuary chest there

Father – Eahlmund of Wessex
Mother – Oicsinga princess of Kent

Egbert was married at Aachen (c800) to Redburga of Neustria
Children :

• Eadgyth of Wessex (1)
• Aethelwulf of Wessex
• (probably) Ealhere of Wessex
• Eahlstan of Wessex
• Athelstan of Kent
• (probably) Ethelmod of Wessex
• Sivara of Wessex