Ecgberht's victory at Ellandun ended over a century of Mercian supremacy over southern England. Beornwulf of Mercia was decisively defeated and the client kingdoms of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Essex all transferred their allegiance to Wessex. This battle marks the shift of English political gravity from Mercia to Wessex — making Ecgberht and his descendants the eventual kings of England.
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