Husband: Egbert +* of WESSEX
Charters indicate Wiglaf had authority in Middlesex and Berkshire, and in a charter of Wiglaf uses the phrase "my bishops, duces, and magistrates" to describe a group that included eleven bishops from the episcopate of Canterbury, including bishops of sees in West Saxon territory. Egbert's troubles began when he contested Beothric's claim to the throne. Beornwulf's motivation to launch an attack would have been the threat of unrest or instability in the southeast: the dynastic connections with Kent made Wessex a threat to Mercian dominance.