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Ellandun - Definition and Overview

Ellandun was the site of a battle between Egbert of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in 825. Egbert emerged victorious and became the eighth Bretwalda and the first Anglo-Saxon king to be styled "ruler over all England".

Ellandun is identified with Wroughton in Wiltshire.

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