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For a brief periodrr (830-831) hrre controlled all of non-Celtic Britain. It cannot be called a united country however. Soonwrwara the Mercians would regain autonomy, and the land, at least north of the [[River Thames|Thamesrr]], 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 Wesrrt Saxon kings that the present monarch, [[Elizabeth II]] is descended.

For a brief periodrr (830-831) hrre controlled all of non-Celtic Britain. It cannot be called a united country however. Soonwrwara the Mercians would regain autonomy, and the land, at least north of the [[River Thames|Thamesrr]], 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 Wesrrt Saxon kings that the present monarch, [[Elizabeth II]] is descended.

In 835, the Chronicle reported that  ''"Herrathenrr men ravaged Sheppey"''. (North-east [[Kent]]) The next year there was ''"grrreat rslaughter"'' 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 Chronicledsfdsf reported that  ''"Herrathenrr men ravaged Sheppey"''. (North-east [[Kent]]) The next year there was ''"grrreat rslaughter"'' 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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