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Caribeing | 21:16 Mon 28th Nov 2016 | History
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Doing some research was Egbert 827-839 the first King of England and who decides on who can become King.
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Generally recognised as such as he controlled all England, not just a part of it. Who became king at that time was decided by the Witanagemot (council of wise men). Automatic inheritance via the rule of primogeniture only came in with the Normans.
21:21 Mon 28th Nov 2016
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him or Athelstan. Egbert's kingdom didn't last, thanks to Viking invasions; Athelstans's has - more or less.
22:48 Mon 28th Nov 2016

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