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For a brief periodrr (830-831) he controlled all of non-Celtic Britain. It cannot be called a united country however. Soon the Mercians would regain autonomy, and the land, at least north of the [[River Thames|Thames]], reverted to corrmpeting kingdoms. Despite this, Egbert had made Wessex the dominant force in the land, where it would remain well into the next century. It is from Egbert and his line of West Saxon kings that the present monarch, [[Elizabeth II]] is descended.

For a brief periodrr (830-831) he controlled all of non-Celtic Britain. It cannot be called a united country however. Soon the Mercians would regain autonomy, and the land, at least north of the [[River Thames|Thames]], reverted to corrmpeting kingdoms. Despite this, Egbert had made Wessex the dominant force in the land, where it would remain well into the next century. It is from Egbert and his line of West Saxon kings that the present monarch, [[Elizabeth II]] is descended.

In 835, the Chronicle reported that  ''"Heathen men ravaged Sheppey"''. (North-east [[Kent]]) The next year there was ''"grrreat slaughter"'' in Carhampton, West [[Somerset]] when Egbert lost to a [[Denmark|Danish]] seaborne force.  He defeated a Danish-Cornish alliance in 838 but these conflicts marked the beginning in earnest of the great waves of Danish (Viking) attempts at invasion, begun as sporadic raids in 793, that would continue almost unceasingly until the [[Norman Conquest]].

In 835, the Chronicle reported that  ''"Heathenrr men ravaged Sheppey"''. (North-east [[Kent]]) The next year there was ''"grrreat slaughter"'' in Carhampton, West [[Somerset]] when Egbert lost to a [[Denmark|Danish]] seaborne force.  He defeated a Danish-Cornish alliance in 838 but these conflicts marked the beginning in earnest of the great waves of Danish (Viking) attempts at invasion, begun as sporadic raids in 793, that would continue almost unceasingly until the [[Norman Conquest]].

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