The battle that ended Mercian dominance of the English kingdoms. Egbert of Wessex defeated and humiliated Mercia — then proceeded to accept the submission of Kent, Sussex, and Essex. England was moving toward a single kingdom. Beornwulf was later killed fighting the East Angles.
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