Additional information not in that article might include that the term Bretwalda-usually understood to mean " Lord of Britain "-was used in the Anglo-Saxon period to refer to an Anglo-Saxon ruler who had dominance over the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
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There were actually several kingdoms on the island, as you note, and at times, one of the Kings would be declared " Bretwalda " or " High King ", that is " King of " All " of the Anglo-Saxons ".
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The first recorded use of the term " Bretwalda " comes from a Ecgberht, who ruled Wessex from 802 to 839 . The chronicler also wrote down the names of seven kings that Bede listed in his " Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum " in 731.
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Egbert's defeat of Wiglaf in 829 completed his domination of southern England, These events led the anonymous scribe who wrote the " Anglo-Saxon Chronicle " to describe Egbert as the eighth " bretwalda ", or'Ruler of Britain '.
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Despite the difficulties presented by the large forest tract of the Weald that separated Sussex from Surrey, similarities in the archaeological record in Sussex from this period with Surrey, help to substantiate the claim of �lle of Sussex to be the first " Bretwalda " in the Thames Valley.
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The " Anglo-Saxon Chronicle " is the other main source that bears on this period, in particular in an entry for the year 827 that records a list of the kings who bore the title " " bretwalda " ", or " Britain-ruler ".
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The rulers of Mercia were generally the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kings from the mid-7th to the early 9th centuries, but are not accorded the title of bretwalda by the " Chronicle ", which is generally thought to be because of the anti-Mercian bias of the Chroniclers.
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At some point Ceawlin ceased to hold the title of " bretwalda ", perhaps after a battle at Stoke Lyne, in Oxfordshire, which the " Chronicle " dates to 584, some eight years before he was deposed in 592 ( again using the " Chronicle's " unreliable dating ).
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The " Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, " in an entry for the year 827, repeats Bede's list, adds Egbert of Wessex, and also mentions that they were known as " bretwalda ", or " Britain-ruler " . but there also is evidence that it implied a definite role of military leadership.
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The magnificence of the objects, both the personal possessions and those items designed to denote the authority of the dead individual, point to the death of a person connected with the royal court, according to Rupert Bruce-Mitford, who regards the burial as " very likely the monument of the High King or " bretwalda"
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