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King Egbert of Wessex reigned from 802 to 839. He managed to protect Wessex from the advances of the Kingdom of Mercia, which at the time was the most powerful of the English kingdoms. He then went on to defeat the King of Merica and accept the submission of the Northumbrian king. Note taken from A History of England published c1855 to 1860. Engraver Unkown. More King and Queens of England: