Egbert was the most powerful of the Wessex kings before Edward the Elder. He didn't have a good start - denied the throne of wessex by Offa and forced to flee to the court of Charlemagne. But he returned despite Cenwulf, Offa's successor, and then in 825 he broke Mercian power for ever.
http://historyofengland.typepad.com/blog/2011/01/5-egbert-and-almost-england.html
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