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Early Medieval

Ecgberht of Wessex Annexes Kent 825

825
Kent, England
Also known as: West Saxon takeover of Kent 825 · Aethelwulf sent to conquer Kent
Era
Early Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Kent, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Mercian control of Kent
Forces
Mercian sub-king Baldred
VS
Victor
Wessex (Ecgberht and Aethelwulf)
Forces
West Saxon army
Outcome
Kent, Surrey, Sussex, and Essex submitted to Wessex; Mercian control ended
The Battle

History & Significance

After Ellendun, Ecgberht sent his son Aethelwulf with a large force to bring Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex under West Saxon control. The Mercian sub-king Baldred was expelled. The men of Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex submitted to Ecgberht gladly, as the Chronicle records, reversing decades of Mercian domination in the southeast.

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Scheduled Monuments near Ecgberht of Wessex Annexes Kent 825

The Maison Dieu, a late C15 to early C16 building incorporating part of a medieval hospital
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Chart gunpowder mills
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The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa
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A Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano-British building and a parish church at Stone-by-Faversham
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Oare gunpowder works
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