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  • A British Monarchy
    As King of Wessex, Egbert inherited the mantle of bretwalda an AngloSaxon term meaning a ruler with overall superiority to other rulers after the decline of Mercian power under Offa. He came to power in 802 and died in 839, but little else is known ...
    http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensofEngland/TheAng...
 
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    Known as the first King of All England, he was forced into exile at the court of Charlemagne, by the powerful Offa, King of Mercia. Egbert returned to England in 802 and was recognized as king of Wessex. He defeated the rival Mercians at the battle o ...
    http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon1.html
 

 
 
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