THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO SLOT SITE

Little is known of the main twenty years of Ecgberht's reign, but it is assumed that he was in a position to take care of the independence of Wessex from the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated the opposite southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy for the Battle of Ellandun, and