{"slug": "egbert-of-wessex", "label": "Egbert of Wessex", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_of_Wessex", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [769, 829], "span_label": ["769 CE", "829 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-kent", "label": "Kingdom of Kent", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cornwall", "label": "Cornwall", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dumnonia", "label": "Dumnonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-essex", "label": "Kingdom of Essex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sussex", "label": "Kingdom of Sussex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "surrey", "label": "Surrey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-anglia", "label": "East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 769, "year_label": "769 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Egbert, king of Wessex (or 771)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349074717#Births", "title": "769", "revid": 1349074717, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 786, "year_label": "786 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Cyneheard is executed and succeeded by Beorhtric, through the support of King Offa of Mercia. His rival claimant to the Wessex throne, a distant nephew of the late king Ine, named Egbert, is driven across the Channel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848276#Britain", "title": "786", "revid": 1340848276, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 802, "year_label": "802 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Beorhtric of Wessex dies after drinking a chalice of poison intended for his wife, Eadburh. She flees to the court of Charlemagne, who accepts a portion of her wealth and makes her abbess. Prince Egbert returns to Wessex, and is accepted as the new king.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848783#Britain", "title": "802", "revid": 1340848783, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Egbert of Wessex ravages the territories of the remaining British kingdom Dumnonia, known as the West Welsh (Cornwall).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Britain", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Ellandun: King Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia near Swindon. The battle marks the end of the Mercian domination of southern England. The kingdoms of Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex submit to Wessex, and East Anglia acknowledges Egbert as overlord (bretwalda).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Britain", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 826, "year_label": "826 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Prince Aethelwulf, a son of King Egbert of Wessex, invades Kent, and drives out its pro-Mercian king Baldred.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941323#Britain", "title": "826", "revid": 1340941323, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 829, "year_label": "829 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Egbert of Wessex invades Mercia, ousts his rival Wiglaf, and attempts to rule directly from Wessex. He is recognized as overlord (bretwalda) of other English kingdoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941503#Britain", "title": "829", "revid": 1340941503, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}