Egbert is considered traditionally to be the first king of England.
There are people to claim other kings to have been the first, including King Offa, King Athelstan, and possibly others. The question is not one of history, however, but one of semantics, with the arguers basing their claims on differing ideas of what "King of England" means.
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The son of Cynric King of Wessex was Ceawin.
Ine was the king of Wessex 688 to 726. Ine was the first Wessex king to issue a code of laws and was one of the most powerful kings of Wessex.
Alfred the Great had four brothers: King Æthelbald of Wessex, King Æthelberht of Wessex, King Æthelred of Wessex, and Æthelwulf. Æthelwulf was the father of Alfred the Great. These brothers played significant roles in the history of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the 9th century.
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the first King of Wessex was Cerdic, who reigned from 519 to 534. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was written centuries later, and the historic record is quite unclear. At least one important historian places Cerdic's reign as 538 to 554, but there is no proof one way or the other. Cerdic, by the way, is a Welsh name, not Saxon. Cynric, who was the next King of Wessex, also had a Welsh name, as did Ceawlin, who followed him. It all makes me very suspicious of those Anglo-Saxons and their Chronicle. There is a link below to a list of Kings of Wessex.
Alfred the Great became king in 871 to 899 (long long ago)