Ancestors and Parentage King Egbert of There was a
Bishop Egbert to whom
Bede refers in favorable terms and was shown as interested in the
Continent.
Archbishops Egbert (732-66) and Aelbert (766-80) were called the
founders of
the first cathedral school of the Middle Ages. There is a poem by
Aethelwulf,
datable 803/21, about the abbots of Bishop Egbert’s monastery. He
describes a
spiritually and culturally respectable community, with a fine church
and
ecclesiastical ornaments. The community cannot be identified however,
and might
be any Northumbrian monastery. It is
within the realm of possibility that Bishop Egbert was a relation of
the queen
of Kent, King Egbert’s mother, but specific information confirming this
has not
been found. There was also a
well-known Frank,
Count Egbert, contemporary with Egbert of Wessex. In 808
Count Egbert was commanded by Charlemagne to cross the Elbe and occupy
the area on the banks of the river Stor called Esesfelth and begin its
fortification, and in 811 Egbert was one of twelve counts who
were nominated by Charlemagne to negotiate about the Danish frontier
with an equal number of Danes. This Egbert was the husband of St. Ida,
according to her biography. King Egbert of King Egbert of “Egbert” is a
Kentish name meaning “bright
sword.” The old Saxon meaning of the name Egbert is “famous with the
sword.” So to both Wessex and Kent the name Egbert would have
significance. King Egbert would be a colorful warrior and live up to
the
meaning of his
name. The name “Egbert” seems not to have survived the Old English
period, but
was revived in the nineteenth century. There are several, though not
many,
mentions of the name “Egbert,” in various forms, in the Domesday Book.
In the Index
to the Domesday Book is listed,
“Egbert, |
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Historical Time Line The Making of Kings- Kingship, The Army and Warfare Events before King Egbert's Time- Beginning in Europe, The 7 Kingdoms and the Church, Lineage, Ancestors and Parentage The Life of King Egbert- The Early Years (775-802) The Kingship- Chronicle Excerpts, 802-824, 825-829, 830-839, Reasons for Success The People and Places Important to King Egbert - The People, The Places Society in King Egbert's Time- Part 1 (Government, Household, Allegiance, Finances) Part 2 (Great Hall, Cooking & Eating, Food, Feasts, Christmas) Part 3 (Crafts & Trade, Clothing and Appearance, Hygiene, Medicine) Part 4 (Peasants, Farming, Gardens & Plants, Common Tasks, Home, Village) Part 5 (Art) Sources and References |