King Egbert of Wessex

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf King
gptkbp:addressed gptkb:Egbert_the_Great
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Mercia
gptkbp:born 775
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Winchester_Cathedral
gptkbp:children gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkb:Aethelbert
gptkb:Aethelstan
gptkb:Aethelred_I
Aethelwulf
Aethelbald
gptkbp:collaboratedWith Kingdom of Wessex
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:King_of_Northumbria
gptkb:King_of_East_Anglia
gptkb:Charlemagne
gptkb:Pope_Leo_III
gptkbp:culturalImpact Influence_on_English_identity
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:King_of_Mercia
Vikings
gptkbp:died 839
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:House_of_Wessex
gptkbp:established Wessex_as_a_dominant_kingdom
gptkbp:father Ealhmund of Kent
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History
Early Medieval England
Chronicles of the time
Asser's Life of Alfred
Various charters
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First_King_to_establish_a_stable_rule_over_most_of_England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Egbert of Wessex
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Egbert_of_Wessex
Establishing_the_Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:legacy Foundation_of_the_English_monarchy
gptkbp:militaryRank Defensive alliances
gptkbp:mother Unknown
gptkbp:politicalPosition Marriage alliances
gptkbp:predecessor Aethelwulf
gptkbp:reform Military reforms
Administrative reforms
Legal reforms
Taxation reforms
Land reforms
gptkbp:reign 802
839
gptkbp:spouse Unknown
gptkbp:successor Aethelwulf
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_Wessex