Egbert King of Wessex
- Born: Abt 775, Kent, England
- Marriage: Rędburga
- Died: Bet 837 and 839, Wessex, England
 Another name for Egbert was Ecgberht King of the West Saxons.
Research Notes:
King of Wessex 802-827, first king of all England 827-836.
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871984 :
King of Wessex 802-839 and the first King of all England 827-839. Ecgberht became King of Wessex in 802, having previously spent some years serving in the army of Charlemange (RIN # 534) in Europe. He steadily increased the power and influence of Wessex, and in 825 defeated the Mercians at the Battle of Ellandun. Two years later, Northumbria submitted to him, and from 827 until his death in 839 Ecgberht was recognixed by his fellow kings as King of all England.
!Taken directly from "The Kings and Queens of England and Scotland" pg. 11
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), Line 1-12. "The male line of kings descends from him to Edward the Confessor and the female line to the present time."
Egbert married Rędburga. (Rędburga was born about 777.)
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