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Small is understood of the initial twenty years of Ecgberht's reign, nonetheless it is thought that he was ready to maintain the independence of Wessex from the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated one other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy within the Fight of Ellandun, an