Ecgberht: King of Wessex, Bretwalda and Grandfather of Alfred the Great

In this video we take a look at the life of Ecgberht, King of Wessex, who reigned in the first of half of the ninth century as the Viking Age dawned and intensified in England.

As we shall see, this king done more than any other man to break the dominance of the Kingdom of Mercia, while strengthening his own kingdom Wessex, which would eventually stand alone against the Viking invaders of his grandson's time.

Timestamps:

0:35 – Failed Bid for the Crown
1:17 – Descendant of Cerdic
1:34 – Ecgberht Seizes the Throne
2:36 – Early Reign & Expansion
3:42 – The Battle of Ellendun (825 AD)
5:07 – Conqueror of Mercia (829 AD)
5:45 – Bretwalda
6:44 – Decline
9:07 – Carolingian Connections
10:46 – Viking Raid of 789 AD
12:04 – Viking Invasion (836 AD)
13:19 – Battle of Hingston Down (838 AD)
15:07 – Council at Kingston (838 AD)
17:35 - Æthelwulf Succeeds
17:56 – Ecgberht’s Death
18:37 – Final Thoughts

Researched, written, created and narrated by Adam Clarke.

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