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==== Britain ====
* [[Cyneheard the Ætheling|Cyneheard]], brother of the late king [[Sigeberht of Wessex|Sigeberht]], ambushes and kills his rival [[Cynewulf of Wessex]], while he is at ''Meretun'' (now called [[Grafton, Wiltshire|Marten]]) with his mistress. The Wessex [[Nobility|nobles]] refuse to recognise Cyneheard as king. 
* Cyneheard is executed and succeeded by [[Beorhtric of Wessex|Beorhtric]], through the support of King [[Offa of Mercia]]. His rival claimant to the [[Wessex]] throne, a distant nephew of the late king [[Ine of Wessex|Ine]], named [[Egbert of Wessex|Egbert]], is driven across the [[English Channel|Channel]].
* Egbert settles at the court of Charlemagne, and learns the arts of government during his time in [[Gaul]].<ref name=Kirby_176>Kirby, ''Earliest English Kings'', pp. 176-177.</ref> During his stay he meets [[Eadberht III Præn|Eadberht]], a [[priest]], who later becomes king of [[Kingdom of Kent|Kent]].