NEW STEP BY STEP MAP FOR EGGBET

Very little is thought of the first twenty years of Ecgberht's reign, nonetheless it is thought that he was equipped to maintain the independence of Wessex from the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated one other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy with the Battle of Ellandun,