Ecgberht I of Northumbria

King of Northumbria

Ecgberht

King of Northumbria
Reign| 867–872 AD
Predecessor| Ælla
Successor| Ricsige

Died| 873
House| Northumbria

Ecgberht (died 873) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. This period of Northumbrian history is poorly recorded, and very little is known of Ecgberht.

He first appears following the death of kings Ælla and Osberht in battle against the Vikings of the Great Heathen Army at York on 21 March 867. Symeon of Durham records:

> Nearly all the Northumbrians were routed and destroyed, the two kings being slain; the survivors made peace with the pagans. After these events, the pagans appointed Egbert king under their own dominion; Egbert reigned for six years, over the Northumbrians beyond the Tyne.[1]

Historians presume that Ecgberht ruled as the Great Army's tax collector and that he belonged to one of the several competing royal families in Northumbria.[2]

The next report of Ecgberht is in 872: "The Northumbrians expelled their king Egbert, and their Archbishop Wulfhere".[3] Finally, Ecgberht's death is reported in 873, and it is said that Ricsige succeeded him.[3]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Symeon of Durham, p. 489
2. ^ Kirby, pp. 212-213; Higham, p.179.
3. ^ a b Symeon of Durham, p. 492.

## References[edit]

* Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445692-1
* Higham, N.J., The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350–1100. Stroud: Sutton, 1993. ISBN 0-86299-730-5
* Symeon of Durham (1855). "The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham". Church Historians of England, volume III, part II. J. Stevenson, translator. Seeley's. Retrieved 27 January 2007.

Regnal titles

Preceded by

Ælle
(with Osberht ?)

|  King of Northumbria (north of the Tyne)
Puppet of the Great Heathen Army
867-872  | Succeeded by

Ricsige

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Monarchs of Northumbria

Kings of Bernicia
547-670|

* Ida
* Glappa
* Adda
* Æthelric
* Theodric
* Frithuwald
* Hussa
* Æthelfrith
* Edwin
* Eanfrith
* Oswald
* Oswiu

Kings of Deira
560-679|

* Ælla
* Æthelric
* Æthelfrith
* Edwin
* Osric
* Oswald
* Oswiu
* Oswine
* Œthelwald
* Alhfrith
* Ælfwine

Kings of Northumbria
642-867|

* Oswiu
* Ecgfrith
* Ealdfrith
* Eadwulf I
* Osred I
* Coenred
* Osric
* Ceolwulf
* Eadberht
* Oswulf
* Æthelwald Moll
* Ealhred
* Æthelred I
* Ælfwald I
* Osred II
* Osbald
* Eardwulf
* Ælfwald II
* Eanred
* Æthelred II
* Redwulf
* Osberht
* Ælla

Kings of Viking Northumbria
867-954|

* Ecgberht
* Ricsige
* Halfdan I
* Guthfrith I
* Siefredus
* Cnut
* Æthelwold
* Airdeconut
* Eowils
* Halfdan II
* Ingwær
* Ragnall I
* Sitric I Caech
* Guthfrith II
* Olaf I Guthfrithson
* Sitric II
* Olaf II Cuaran
* Ragnall II Guthfrithson
* Eric Bloodaxe

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Viking activity in Great Britain

Anglo-Saxon|

| Major monarchs|

* Offa of Mercia (757–796)
* Ælla of Northumbria (unk–867)
* Edmund the Martyr of East Anglia (855–869)
* Æthelred the Unready (978–1013, 1014–1016)
* Wessex:
* Ecgberht (802–839)
* Æthelwulf (839–858)
* Alfred the Great (871–899)
* Edward the Elder (899–924)
* Æthelstan (924–939)
* Eadred (946–954

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Major leaders|

* Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (c. 881–911)
* Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (911–918)
* Odda, Ealdorman of Devon (878)
* Wulfhere, Ealdorman of Wiltshire (855–?877)

Viking|

| Monarchs|

* Knýtlinga
* Harthacnut (1035–1042)
* Cnut (1016–1035)
* Harold Harefoot (1035–1040)
* Svein Knutsson (1030–1035)
* Northumbria
* Guthred (883–895)
* Eric Bloodaxe (947–948, 952–954)
* Amlaíb Cuarán (941–944)
* Gofraid ua Ímair (921–934)
* Olaf Guthfrithson (939–941)
* Ragnall ua Ímair (c. 914–921)
* England
* Sweyn Forkbeard (1013–1014)
* Ecgberht I of Northumbria (867–872)
* Burgred of Mercia (852–874)
* Ceolwulf II of Mercia (874–880)
* Eohric of East Anglia (917–927)

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Major leaders|

* Ivar the Boneless (865–870)
* Halfdan Ragnarsson (865–877)
* Ubba (865–878)
* Hvitserk (865–870)
* Guthrum (874–890)
* Hastein (892–896)
* Thorkell the Tall (c. 970–1024)

Battles|

| Viking raids: 793–850|

* Lindisfarne (793)
* Isle of Sheppey (835)
* Battle of Hingston Down (838)
* Battle of Rochester (842)
* Carhampton (843)
* Battle of Aclea (851)

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First invasion 865–896|

| Great Heathen Army
(865–78)|

* Battle of York (867)
* Siege of Nottingham (867)

* Battle of Englefield (870)
* Battle of Ashdown (871)
* Battle of Meretun (871)
* Battle of Basing (871)
* Battle of Reading (871)
* Sea Battle near Swanage (877)
* Battle of Chippenham (878)
* Battle of Cynwit (878)

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* Battle of Edington (878)
* Battle of London (886)
* Siege of Exeter (893, 1001)
* Battle of Fearnhamme (893)
* Battle of Benfleet (894)

The Danelaw|

* Buttington (893)
* First Stamford (894)
* The Holme (902)
* Tettenhall (910)
* Tempsford (917)
* Derby (917)
* Second Stamford (918)
* Corbridge (918)
* Brunanburh (937)
* Stainmore (954)

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Second invasion: 980–1012|

| The Danelaw|

* Maldon (991)
* Battle of Pinhoe (1001)
* First Alton (1001)
* St Brice's Day (1002)
* Pinhoe (1001)
* Ringmere (1010)

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Cnut's invasion (1015–1016)|

* Brentford
* Assandun

Harald's invasion (1066)|

* Fulford (1066)
* Stamford Bridge (1066)

Places|

| Viking settlements|

* Danelaw (865–896)
* Jorvik (866–954)
* North Sea Empire

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English petty kingdoms|

* Wessex (519–927)
* Kent (410–825)
* Northumbria (653–954)
* Mercia (527–918)
* East Anglia (c. 550–918)

Treaties|

* Treaty of Wedmore (886)
* Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum (c. 890)

Culture|

* "Battle of Brunanburh" (poem)
* Cuerdale Hoard
* England runestones
* Furness Hoard
* List of English words of Old Norse origin
* Norse–Gaels
* Old Norse
* Ragnar Lodbrok
* Nordic and Scandinavian diaspora in the United Kingdom
* Silverdale Hoard
* Vale of York Hoard

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