Egbert
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Several Anglo-Saxon
persons were named Ecgberht (or Ecgbert or Egbert). The name itself means "Bright Edge," such as that of a blade.
Egbert, Ekbert, or Ecbert is also an old German name:
Egbert may also refer to:
Eggbert, a variant spelling used as a play on "egg", as with Speedy Eggbert
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Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
persons were named Ecgberht (or Ecgbert or Egbert). The name itself means "Bright Edge," such as that of a blade.
- Ecgberht of KentEcgberht of KentEcgberht was a King of Kent who ruled from 664 to 673, succeeding his father Eorcenberht s:Ecclesiastical History of the English People/Book 4#1....
(ruled 664–673) - Saint Egbert (died 729), hermit and missionary
- Ecgbert, archbishop of YorkEcgbert, Archbishop of YorkEcgbert was an eighth century Archbishop of York and correspondent of Bede and Boniface.-Life:...
(died 766) - Egbert II of KentEgbert II of KentEcgberht II was King of Kent jointly with Heaberht.Ecgberht II is known from his coins and charters, ranging from 765 to 779 , two of which were witnessed or confirmed by Heaberht.Ecgberht II acceded by 765, when he issued his earliest surviving charter...
(died c. 784) - Egbert of LindisfarneEgbert of LindisfarneEgbert of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from his consecration on 11 June 802 until his death in 821. He is often confused with Saint Egbert who served as a monk at Lindisfarne, though the latter never became a bishop there....
(died 821) - Egbert of WessexEgbert of WessexEgbert was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was Ealhmund of Kent...
(ruled 802–839) - Ecgberht I of NorthumbriaEcgberht I of NorthumbriaEcgberht was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. This period of Northumbrian history is poorly recorded, and very little is known of Ecgberht....
(deposed 872; died 873) - Ecgberht II of NorthumbriaEcgberht II of NorthumbriaEcgberht was a king in Northumbria in the later Ninth century. Very little is known of his reign.Unlike his predecessor King Ricsige, who may have ruled most of the kingdom of Northumbria following the expulsion of the first King Ecgberht in 872, this Ecgberht ruled only the northern part of...
(reigned 876-878x883)
Egbert, Ekbert, or Ecbert is also an old German name:
- Egbert I, Margrave of MeissenEgbert I, Margrave of MeissenEgbert I was the Margrave of Meissen from 1067 until his early death the next year. Egbert was the Count of Brunswick from about 1038, when his father, Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, died. His mother was Gertrude, the sister of Pope Leo IX.Egbert was the scion of the influential Eastphalian family...
(d. 1068) - Egbert II, Margrave of MeissenEgbert II, Margrave of MeissenEgbert II was Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen. He was the eldest son of the Margrave Egbert I of the Brunonen family.Still a minor, he succeeded his father on the latter's death 11 January 1068 in Brunswick and Meissen...
(ca. 1060-1090) - Egbert CleaveEgbert Cleave-Publications:* * * * -References:...
, American author - Egbert Gospels, commissioned by Archbishop Egbert of Trier (ca. 950 - 993)
Egbert may also refer to:
- The town of Egbert, Ontario
- The skeletonSkeletonThe skeleton is the body part that forms the supporting structure of an organism. There are two different skeletal types: the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, and the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside the body.In a figurative sense, skeleton can...
of a PaleolithicPaleolithicThe Paleolithic Age, Era or Period, is a prehistoric period of human history distinguished by the development of the most primitive stone tools discovered , and covers roughly 99% of human technological prehistory...
, eight year old Homo sapiens discovered at Ksar AkilKsar AkilKsar Akil is an archeological site 10 km northeast of Beirut in Lebanon. It is located about west of Antelias spring on the north bank of the northern tributary of the Wadi Antelias. It is a large rock shelter below a steep limestone cliff....
in LebanonLebanonLebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
Eggbert, a variant spelling used as a play on "egg", as with Speedy Eggbert
Speedy Eggbert
Speedy Eggbert, originally Speedy Blupi is a computer game for Windows-based PCs developed by EPSITEC and released in September 1998 as an independent title, to very little response to the media. It was later published by eGames and re-released, where it was renamed to Speedy Eggbert for reasons...
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