Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
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Eafa AETHELING of Wessex [7138]
(Abt 732-Abt 790)
Alchilda Ealdgyth of Northumbria [7139]
(733-)
King Ęthelbert II of Kent [7144]
(Bef 725-762)
Desconhecida [7145]
(Abt 725-)
Ealhmund of Kent [7136]
(755-802)
Edgythe ALBURGA of Kent Aetherbert [7137]
(755-803)
Egbert Le Grand D'ANGLETERRE DE WESSEX [7123]
(775-839)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Redburge DE HERSTAL CAROLINGIEN [7124]

Egbert Le Grand D'ANGLETERRE DE WESSEX [7123] 1688

  • Born: 11 August 775, , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England 1688
  • Marriage (1): Redburge DE HERSTAL CAROLINGIEN [7124] about 805 of Wessex, England, United Kingdom 1690
  • Died: 4 February 839, , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England at age 63 1688
  • Buried: After 19 November 838, , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England 1688

   FamilySearch ID: LHRF-FSJ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Title Of Nobility: Bretwalda,,. 1691

2. Title Of Nobility: King of Kent,,. 1691

3. According to the Chronicle, Ecgberht was expelled from England in 789 by King Beorhtric after he unsuccessfully challenged Beorhtric's succession. It may be significant that "England" rather than "Wessex" is speci According to the Chronicle, Ecgberht was expelled from England in 789 by King Beorhtric after he unsuccessfully challenged Beorhtric's succession. It may be significant that "England" rather than "Wessex" is specified in this passage of the Chronicle. Ecgberht's father was king of Kent around this time, and it is possible that the expulsion was from Kent, maybe a consequence of his father being deposed as Kentish king. According to William of Malmesbury, Beorhtric was allied with Offa King of Mercia at this time. He explains that Ecgberht had sought refuge with King Offa after his expulsion by King Beorhtric, but that the latter bribed Offa for Ecgberht's surrender and was offered Offa's daughter in marriage in return. Ecgberht sought refuge at the Frankish court until 792. Under-King in Kent in 796. On Beorhtric's death, he established himself in 802 as ECGBERHT King of Wessex, Between 789 and 802.

4. Title Of Nobility: King of Wessex, between 802 and 839, in , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England. 1691

5. Title Of Nobility: King of the West Saxons (Wessex), between 802 and 829, in , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England. 1691

6. Title Of Nobility: Regarded as the first King of England, in 802, in England. 1691


Egbert married Redburge DE HERSTAL CAROLINGIEN [7124] [MRIN: 5569] about 805 of Wessex, England, United Kingdom.1690 (Redburge DE HERSTAL CAROLINGIEN [7124] was born in 785 in Toulouse-le-Chāteau, Jura, Franche-Comté, France,1688 died on 2 February 839 in Winchester, , Hampshire, England 1688 and was buried in 839 in Winchester, , Hampshire, England 1688.)