Egbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England Size:L: 90 x 60cm Schumacher is dressed in a

Schumacher is dressed in a black suit with a high-collared white shirt and tie

The Renault brothers

Figures stand on a bridge crossing the river

the yellow belly'd wood-pecker

Egbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England Size:L: 90 x 60cm Schumacher is dressed in aEgbert, King of the West Saxons and first monarch of all England, (18th century). Egbert (c770 839) ruled Wessex from 802. His reign saw Wessex overtake Mercia as the dominant Anglo Saxon kingdom and as a consequence he is regarded as the first King of England although the title was not used until the reign of his grandson, Alfred the Great.