A SECRET WEAPON FOR EGGBET

Small is understood of the 1st twenty years of Ecgberht's reign, but it really is thought that he was in a position to keep up the independence of Wessex from the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated one other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, finished Mercia's supremacy at the Battle of Ellandun,