Egbert

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Egbert was King of Wessex 802-839, and in 829 defeated King Wiglaf of Mercia and became Bretwalda of the other English kingdoms of the Heptarchy. All subsequent monarchs of England and Great Britain have been descendents of Egbert, right down to the present day.