Which Anglo-Saxon king was known as Bretwalda?
The word is used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in its account of the events of 829 and also in a charter of Aethelstan, king of the English, and probably means “ruler of the Britons” or “ruler of Britain.” In the Chronicle the title is given to Egbert (died 839) of Wessex, “the eighth king that…
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