Battle of Ellendun
825 · Event
Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia near Swindon, ending Mercian supremacy; by 829 he is hailed as bretwalda.
On these timelines: Alfred and the Vikings, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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