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Very little is thought of the first 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, nevertheless it is thought that he was capable to keep up the independence of Wessex towards the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated another southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy in the Battle of Ellandun, and p