King Ecbert of Wessex MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is King Ecbert of Wessex? King Ecbert of Wessex is an ENTJ personality type in MBTI, 3w4 - so/sp - 358 in Enneagram, SCOEI in Big 5, LIE in Socionics.
He was my one of my favorite character in the series, definitely my favorite Saxon. Cunning, charming, machievallaic and a master manipulator of events. Yet at the same time a deeply troubled man conflicted over his ruthless pragmatism and his esoteric sympathies towards Europe's pagan heritage i.e Ancient Rome which he sees as the intellectually superior of the current dogma that has replaced it but he can never openly admit this. Due to his realization of the consequences that would entail. He craves prestige and power too much to risk that. Definitely, a Ni user who also made his choices based on long-term predictions and mastered playing the "long-game" even in death he transferred his crown to his son in order to be able to barter with the Vikings who had him hostage a deal he knew (but they didn't) would be worthless since he had lost his authority as King.
Biography
Ecgberht (died 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s, Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex, but on Beorhtric's death in 802, Ecgberht returned and took the throne. Little is known of the first 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, but it is thought that he was able to maintain the independence of Wessex against the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated the other southern English kingdoms. In 825, Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercian Supremacy at the Battle of Ellandun, and proceeded to take control of the Mercian dependencies in southeastern England. In 829, he defeated Wiglaf of Mercia and drove him out of his kingdom, temporarily ruling Mercia directly. Later that year Ecgberht received the submission of the Northumbrian king at Dore.
