EO
Egbert of Wessex
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839
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About
Egbert of Wessex made his kingdom the leading power in England and is often counted the first king of a united English realm. Above him the West-Saxon pedigree runs back through Cerdic to the god Woden, where history gives way to legend.
Research notes
EGBERT, King of Wessex (770-839); father of Aethelwulf (our line). *** THE DOCUMENTED HEAD of the House of Wessex: above him the line to Cerdic and the god WODEN is the legendary frontier, NOTE-ONLY (the tree's oldest honest edge). Direct ancestor.