King Egbert

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf King
gptkbp:alliance Marriage_to_Osburh
gptkbp:birthYear 775
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester_Cathedral
gptkbp:children gptkb:Aethelbert
gptkb:Aethelstan
gptkb:Aethelred_I
Aethelwynn
Aethelwulf
Aethelbald
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Influence_on_later_English_kings
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence_on_English_identity.
gptkbp:culturalInfluence gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkbp:deathYear 839
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:Edward_the_Elder
gptkb:Harold_II_of_England
gptkb:Edgar_the_Peaceful
gptkb:Aethelstan
gptkb:Eadwig
Eadred
Edmund I
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Alliances with other kingdoms
gptkbp:dynasty Cerdicing dynasty
gptkbp:father Ealhmund of Kent
gptkbp:finaleDate 802
gptkbp:historicalImpact Foundation_of_the_English_monarchy.
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Considered one of the first kings of England.
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
Early Middle Ages
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First king to establish a stable rule over most of England.
Recognized_as_a_significant_figure_in_English_history.
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Wessex
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Egbert
gptkbp:knownFor Establishing_Wessex_as_a_dominant_kingdom
gptkbp:militaryRank Campaign_against_Mercia
gptkbp:mother Wulfrun
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Ellandun
gptkbp:notableEvent Unification of England
gptkbp:politicalPosition Feudal system development.
gptkbp:predecessor Aethelbald
gptkbp:reign gptkb:King_of_Wessex
802
839
37 years
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse Osburh
gptkbp:successor Aethelwulf
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_Wessex
King of the Anglo-Saxons
Bretwalda