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For an impression of what England was like from 1 A.D. until Egbert became king in 802, see About the Rulers of England. More information is available in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Introduction. 
EgbertHouse of Wessex -- Reigned: 802-839 A.D. Died: 839 A.D. Known as the first King of All England, he was forced into exile at the court of Charlemagne, by the powerful Offa, King of Mercia. Egbert returned to England in 802 and was recognized as king of Wessex. He defeated the rival Mercians at the battle of Ellendun in 825. In 829, the Northumbrians accepted his overlordship and he was proclaimed "Bretwalda" or sole ruler of Britain.
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