refimprove date May 2008 File Burgred king of Mercia 852 874.jpg thumb Coins of Burgred, king of Mercia, 852 874. File Burgred charter 869 Cotton MS Aug ii 76.png thumb right A charter of Burgred s dated 869 Burgred or Burhred or Burghred was the king of Mercia 852 874 . Rule Burgred succeeded to the throne in 852, and in 852 or 853 called upon Ethelwulf of Wessex to aid him in subduing northern Wales ... cs museum treasures severnstoke.htm Burgred coins from Severn Stoke coin hoard start box s reg other succession box title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years 852 874 before Beorhtwulf of Mercia Beorhtwulf after Ceolwulf II of Mercia Ceolwulf II end box Kings of Mercia DEFAULTSORT Burgred of Mercia Category Mercian monarchs Category 9th century rulers in Europe Category 9th century English people Wikisource1911Enc Burgred de Burgred eo Burgred fr Burgred de Mercie id Burgred dari Mercia it Burgred di Mercia hu Burgred merciai kir ly ru sh Burgred od Mercije ... of Burgred to thelswith , daughter of Ethelwulf. In 868 the Mercian king appealed to Ethelred ... , who were in possession of Nottingham . The armies of Wessex and Mercia did no serious fighting, and the Danes ... Lindsey to Repton drove Burgred from his kingdom. ref name b1911 s 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica Burgred 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica Burgred ref They appointed a Mercian ealdorman Ceolwulf II of Mercia Ceolwulf to replace him, demanding oaths of loyalty to the Danes. ref The Anglo Saxon Chronicle , s.a. 874 ref Burgred retired to Rome and died there. He was buried, according to the Anglo .... Burgred is mentioned in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle in the years 852, 853, 868, and 874. Coins from the reign of Burgred &mdash all bearing the spelling Burgred &mdash have been found in several hoards. In December, 2003, silver coins from the reign of King Burgred were found at a site in Yorkshire , which may be the first actual Viking ship burial in England proper. See also Kings of Mercia family ... more details
. Wiglaf was succeeded by Beorhtwulf of Mercia Beorhtwulf . Arrival of the Danes In 852, Burgred ... r ce conventional long name Kingdom of Mercia common name Mercia continent Europe region British ... Icel person Icel led the Angles over the North Sea traditional event end Mercia annexed to Wessex to form the Kingdom of England event1 Creoda of Mercia Creoda first true Mercian monarch at Tamworth ... Cross of Saint Alban image coat Mercian eagle.png symbol type Leofric, Earl of Mercia Eagle of Leofric image map Kingdom of Mercia.PNG image map caption Expansion of the Kingdom of Mercia dark green ... Englisc government type Monarchy title leader Monarchs see List of monarchs of Mercia full list leader1 Icel person Icel year leader1 527&ndash ? leader2 Creoda of Mercia Creoda year leader2 584&ndash 593 leader3 Penda of Mercia Penda year leader3 626&ndash 655 leader4 Offa of Mercia Offa year leader4 ... stat pop1 currency Pound sterling footnotes Mercia IPAc en icon m r s i , IPAc en m r ref ... English Mierce or Myrce , meaning border people . Mercia s neighbours included Northumbria ... of Essex Essex and Kingdom of the East Angles East Anglia . The name Mercia is still in use today ... of Anglo Saxon objects found in England Mercia s exact evolution from the Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon invasions is more obscure than that of Northumbria , History of Kent Kent , or even Wessex . Also, Mercia ... century. The name Mercia is Old English for boundary folk see Welsh Marches , and the traditional ... Margins of Mercia , University of Birmingham, Dept. of Geography, Occasional Paper 22 1986 pp.1 45 ref The earliest List of monarchs of Mercia king of Mercia of whom any details are known is Creoda of Mercia Creoda , said to have been the great grandson of Icel of Mercia Icel . Coming to power around 584, he built a fortress at Tamworth which became the seat of Mercia s kings. His son Pybba succeeded him in 593. Cearl of Mercia Cearl , a kinsman of Creoda, followed Pybba in 606 in 615, Cearl ... more details
s reign. The Welsh are recorded to have rebelled against Beorhtwulf s successor, Burgred of MerciaBurgred , shortly after Beorhtwulf s death, suggesting that Beorhtwulf had been their overlord. Charters ... is unknown, though he may have been connected to Beornwulf of Mercia Beornwulf , who ruled Mercia .... This raid may have had a significant economic impact on Mercia, as London coinage is much reduced ... of Wigstan of Mercia Wigstan , the grandson of Wiglaf of Mercia Wiglaf , in a dispute over Beorhtfrith s plan to marry Wigstan s widowed mother lffl d of Mercia II lffl d . Beorhtwulf s death is not recorded ..., Mercia was the dominant Anglo Saxon kingdom. ref name Blair 274 Hunter Blair, Roman Britain , p. ... of Essex Essex continued into the early 820s under Coenwulf of Mercia . ref name Yorke 121 ... of a period in which Mercia suffered from dynastic conflicts and military defeats that redrew the political ... five kings, from what appear to be four different kin groups, ruled Mercia throughout the next ... and B groups. The C group, which included the brothers Coenwulf of Mercia Coenwulf , Cuthred of Kent , and Ceolwulf I of Mercia Ceolwulf I , was dominant in the period following the deaths of Offa of Mercia and his son Ecgfrith of Mercia Ecgfrith in 796. Ceolwulf was deposed in 823 by Beornwulf ... by Ludeca of Mercia Ludeca , not obviously linked to any of the three groups, who was killed ... of Mercia Wiglaf , who died in 839 or 840. Beorhtwulf, who succeeded to the throne that year, is likely to have come from the B group, which may also have included the ill fated Beornred of Mercia Beornred who held power a little while and unhappily after the murder of King thelbald of Mercia thelbald in 757. ref name kin Keynes, Mercia and Wessex in the Ninth Century , pp. 314&ndash 323 ... as a subregulus , or subking, of thelbald of Mercia . ref name EHD 453 Whitelock, English Historical ... 3 Male Keynes, Mercia and Wessex in the Ninth Century , p. 317. ref His accession to the throne ... more details
drove Burgred from his kingdom, bringing Norse paganism with him. The north of Mercia remained ...Image Kingdom of Mercia.png thumb right Expansion of the Kingdom of Mercia dark green 6th century green 7th century yellow 8th century. Throughout its history the Kingdom of Mercia has been a battleground between conflicting religious ideologies. Early history It is likely that the Anglian occupation of Mercia saw the displacement of, or integration with, Sub Roman Britain Sub Roman British tribes . There is a possibility that some of these British Christian communities survived the Anglo Saxon occupation ... as a possible candidate. The first kings of Mercia were pagans, and they resisted the encroachment of Christianity ... of Christianity in Mercia, however, had come at least thirty years earlier, following the Battle of Cirencester of 628, when Penda of Mercia Penda incorporated the largely Christian West Saxon ... of Mercia to Christianity occurred in the latter part of the 7th century, and was carried out almost ... of his defeat and death, Mercia was largely surrounded by Christian states. As such, it was excluded ... a foothold in Mercia precisely through these channels. Part of the price of Oswiu s support for Peada ... was subsequently ordained a bishop the first to operate in Mercia. Peada founded an abbey ... that Penda respected the Christians and even allowed them to operate more widely in Mercia. However, it seems that not much progress was made at converting the nobles and people of Mercia. The mission of Chad After an inconclusive start, decisive steps to Christianise Mercia were taken by Chad of Mercia ... still ethnic rather than territorial, according to Celtic tradition. Chad tirelessly evangelised Mercia ... of Mercia into dioceses However, Mercia did not long survive as an ecclesiastical entity. Chad s successor ... more manageable. For a short time, Offa succeeded in restoring the ecclesiastical unity of Mercia ... of Wedmore in 878. References Reflist Category Mercia Religion Category Anglo Saxon paganism Category ... more details
, Beornwulf of Mercia Beornwulf , was of no known royal line, though it has been conjectured on the basis of the common initial letter B that he was connected to the later kings Beorhtwulf of Mercia Beorhtwulf and Burgred of MerciaBurgred . ref name Yorke 119 For example, Barbara Yorke Kings and Kingdoms ... chronology of his successors. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle records that Burgred of MerciaBurgred ... of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle title King of Mercia reign 827 829, 830 839 issue Wigmund of Mercia Wigmund death date 839 place of burial Repton , Derbyshire predecessor Ludeca of Mercia Ludeca successor Beorhtwulf of Mercia Beorhtwulf Wiglaf died 839 was King of Mercia from 827 to 829 and again ... Mercia and the genealogy of several of the kings of this time is unknown. Wigstan, his grandson, was later recorded as a descendant of Penda of Mercia , so it is possible that Wiglaf was descended from Penda, one of the most powerful seventh century kings of Mercia. Wiglaf succeeded Ludeca of Mercia ... . Egbert drove Wiglaf from the throne in 829, and ruled Mercia directly for a year. Wiglaf recovered .... Mercia never regained the south eastern kingdoms, but Berkshire and perhaps Kingdom of Essex Essex came back into Mercian control. The causes of the fluctuating fortunes of Mercia and Wessex ... Mercia s independence, the recovery was short lived, and later in the century Mercia was divided ... of Mercia Beorhtwulf , though one tradition records his son, Wigmund of Mercia Wigmund as having ... of Offa s Dyke are shown, running roughly along the modern border between England and Wales. Mercia had been the dominant Anglo Saxon kingdom for most of the 8th century, with Offa of Mercia Offa .... 274. ref Coenwulf of Mercia Coenwulf , who took the Mercian throne shortly after Offa s death ... of Mercia Cynehelm , briefly succeeded to the throne, it is more likely that Ceolwulf I of Mercia ... in Pre Viking Mercia , in Midland History, 1985, p. 8, Thisprobably needs reformatting ... more details
Mercia was an Anglo Saxon kingdom. Mercia or Mercian may also refer to Mercia radio station Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue Mercia MacDermott Mercian bicycles Mercian Old English Mercian Brigade Mercian Regiment See also List of monarchs of Mercia Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry West Mercia Police Disambig Category Mercia pt M rcia desambigua o ... more details
unsourced date April 2009 Wigmund may have briefly reigned in Mercia in about 840 , in succession to his father, Wiglaf of Mercia . He may, on the other hand, have predeceased his father and never been anything more than a co ruler with him. He was himself the father of Wigstan of Mercia . Kings of Mercia England bio stub UK royal stub Category Mercian monarchs it Wigmund di Mercia ru ... more details
mergeto List of monarchs of Mercia discuss Talk List of monarchs of Mercia Merger proposal date October 2010 Earl of Mercia was a title in the late Anglo Saxon, Anglo Danish, and early Anglo Norman period in England. During this period the earldom covered the lands of the old Kingdom of Mercia in the English Midlands . First governed by ealdorman ealdormen under the kings of Wessex in the 10th century, it became an earldom in the Anglo Danish period. ref Anglo Saxon Chronicle , 1017 This year King Knute took to the whole government of England, and divided it into four parts Wessex for himself, East Anglia for Thurkyll, Mercia for Edric, Northumbria for Eric. ref During the time of King Edward the Confessor Edward the earldom was held by Leofric, Earl of Mercia Leofric and his family, who were political rivals to the House of Godwin, Earl of Wessex Godwine . Following the Norman conquest of England Conquest in 1066 Edwin was confirmed as earl by William I of England King William ref Crouch p100 ref . However he was implicated in the rebellion of 1071 and was dispossessed ref Mason p192 ref . Following the death of Edwin the earldom was broken up, the power and regional jurisdiction of the earl passing to the newly formed earldoms of Earl of Chester Chester and later Earl of Shrewsbury Shrewsbury . Earldormen of Mercia lfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia lfhere 950s 983 Eadric Streona 1007 ... of the Mercians. , 1017 This year also was Alderman Edric slain at London . ref Earls of Mercia Leofric, Earl of Mercia Leofric c.1030 1057 lfgar, Earl of Mercia lfgar 1057 1062 Edwin, Earl of Mercia Edwin 1062 1070 Notes div class references small references div See also List of monarchs of Mercia Earl of March Welsh Marches Marcher Lords Council of the Marches References David Crouch historian ... 1 85285 389 1 Category Earldoms Mercia Category Extinct earldoms Mercia fr Comte de Mercie no Jarl av Mercia uk ... more details
Ludeca was King of Mercia , from 826 to 827. He became king after the death of Beornwulf of Mercia Beornwulf in battle against the rebellious Kingdom of East Anglia East Angles , but he too was killed in another failed attempt to subjugate them in the next year. Prior to his rule, he was mentioned in two charters from 824 as a dux under Beornwulf. ref Frank Stenton, Anglo Saxon England 1943, 1971, 1998 Oxford paperback , page 231, note 3. ref The Fitzwilliam Museum holds a coin minted during Ludeca s reign. It is thought the silver penny was minted at Ipswich and the moneyer s name was W rbeald. See also Kings of Mercia family tree References reflist S start succession box before Beornwulf of Mercia Beornwulf title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years 826&ndash 827 after Wiglaf of Mercia Wiglaf S end Kings of Mercia Persondata name Ludeca of Mercia alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death 827 place of death Category 827 deaths Category Mercian monarchs Category 9th century rulers in Europe Category 9th century English people Category Anglo Saxons killed in battle England bio stub UK royal stub de Ludeca es Ludeca de Mercia fr Ludecan de Mercie ru ... more details
SpecialChars Beornred Old English language Anglo Saxon Beornr d was briefly List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia in 757, following the murder of Ethelbald of Mercia thelbald . However, he was defeated by Offa of Mercia Offa and fled. According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle , in 757 y ilcan geare mon ofsloh elbald Mearcna cyning on S candune, his lic r ste on Hreopandune, he ricsade .xli. wintra. Beornred feng to rice lytle hwile heold ungefealice, y ilcan geare Offa geflemde Beornred feng to am rice heold .xxxix. wintra, ... ... and in the same year Aethelbald, king of Mercia, was killed at Seckington , and his body rests at Repton and he ruled 41 years. And then Beornred succeeded to the kingdom, and held it a little while and unhappily and that same year Offa put Beornred to flight and succeeded to the kingdom, and held it 39 years... ref ASC manuscript E, 755 757 translated by Michael Swanton , The Anglo Saxon Chronicle , 1996. ref See also Kings of Mercia family tree References references start box s reg other succession box before Ethelbald of Mercia Ethelbald title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years 757 after Offa of Mercia Offa end box Kings of Mercia DEFAULTSORT Beornred of Mercia Category Mercian monarchs Category Burials at Church of Saint Wystan, Repton Category 8th century rulers in Europe Category 8th century English people England bio stub UK royal stub de Beornrad von Mercien el es Beornrad de Mercia fr Beornred de Mercie it Beornrad di Mercia hu Beornred merciai kir ly ru ... more details
Pybba 570?&ndash 606 615 also Pibba , Wibba , Wybba was an early List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia . He was the son of Creoda of Mercia Creoda and father of Penda of Mercia Penda and Eowa of Mercia Eowa . His dates are sometimes given in genealogies as birth in 570, the beginning of his reign in 593, and death in either 606 or 615, but with no apparent evidence the Anglo Saxon Chronicle just mentions him as father of Penda, with no further detail. Pybba is said by the Historia Brittonum to have had 12 sons. ref name HB http www.fordham.edu halsall basis nennius full.html Historia Brittonum , Chapter 65. ref Cearl of Mercia Cearl , another Mercian king, is mentioned by Bede , and may have been Pybba s successor, but his relationship to Pybba, if any, is unknown. Pybba s son Penda eventually became king the Chronicle gives the date of this as 626, although Bede suggests it was not until after the battle of Hatfield Chase in 633. Besides Penda and Eowa who the author of the Historia Brittonum said were the sons of Pybba who were the best known to him ref name HB , Pybba also apparently had a son named Coenwalh. Every king from Penda until Ceolwulf I of Mercia Ceolwulf , who was deposed in 823, was said to be a descendant of Pybba, either through Penda, Eowa, or Coenwalh perhaps excluding Beornrad of Mercia Beornrad , who ruled briefly and whose background is unknown . Pybba also is said to have had a daughter. Though un named, she was possibly the first wife of Cenwalh , King of Wessex 648 674 . Citation needed date May 2010 See also Kings of Mercia family tree References reflist s start s reg succession box before Creoda of Mercia Creoda title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years c. 593 &ndash 606 or 615 after Cearl of Mercia Cearl s end Kings of Mercia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH ... fan Mercia it Pybba he , ja no Pybba av Mercia nds Pybba ru ... more details
Ceolwald may have been King of Mercia circa 716. King Ceolred of Mercia , a grandson of Penda died in 716 of a fit. Most Mercian king lists have Ceolred succeeded by thelbald of Mercia thelbald , who was not a descendant of Penda. However, one version of the Worcester Cathedral lists has Ceolred succeeded by Ceolwald. From the similarity of their names, Ceolwald is thought to have been Ceolred s brother, and thus the last of Penda s direct descendants to have ruled in Mercia. Ceolwald can only have been king for a short time as thelbald appears to have become king in the year of Ceolred s death. See also Kings of Mercia family tree References Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London Unwin Hyman, 1991. ISBN 0 04 445691 3 Barbara Yorke Yorke, Barbara , Kings and Kingdoms in Early Anglo Saxon England. London Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1 85264 027 8 Kings of Mercia Category Mercian monarchs Category 8th century rulers in Europe Category 8th century English people de Ceolwald fr Ceolwald de Mercie it Ceolwald di Mercia nl Coelwald ru ... more details
The Forest of Mercia lies within the northernmost boundary of the more ancient and well known Forest of Arden which covered the area when it formed part of the Kingdom of Mercia , and is one of twelve Community forests established close to major towns and cities across England. It covers an area of 92 square miles 23,000 hectares , and is focused around the town of Cannock in South Staffordshire ref name Forest of Mercia web page http www.staffordshire.gov.uk environment e land Countryside ProjectsPartners PPForestofMercia.htm Forest of Mercia web page ref . History Community Forests are part of an environmental improvement programme set up in 1990 by the Countryside Commission , and operated by local partnerships that include local communities, local councils, Natural England and the Forestry Commission . They were set up to help regenerate communities, renew established woodland areas by planting new trees, improving green spaces and creating new walkways and cycle paths ref name Forest of Mercia web pageEngland s Community Forests http www.communityforest.org.uk England s Community Forests ref . In the Forest of Mercia s case, the partnership includes Lichfield District Council , South Staffordshire Council , Staffordshire County Council and Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council , and the forest is managed from a purpose built Innovation Centre at Chasewater, near Burntwood . References references coord 52.6617 1.9427 dim 20000 region GB display title Category Forests and woodlands of England Category Mercia staffordshire geo stub ... more details
Icel or Icil was an early king of Mercia , according to an eighth century life of Saint Guthlac St Guthlac . ref name Kirby 15 Kirby, Earliest English Kings , p. 15. ref Early genealogies record him as the great grandfather of Creoda of Mercia and the son of Eomer , last King of the List of kings of the Angles Angles in Angeln . Icel led his people across the North Sea to Great Britain Britain , and gave his name to the Iclings or Icelingas , the ruling dynasty of Mercia. He was probably active in the period 510 535, ref Zaluckyi, Sarah & Feryok, Marge, Mercia The Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Central England Logaston Press, 2001 ref which corresponds to a date given in the Flores Historiarum of Roger of Wendover and Matthew Paris , namely 527, under which is reported, ...pagans came from Germany and occupied East Anglia... some of whom invaded Mercia and fought many battles with the British... This date, however, should perhaps be amended to 515. ref Davies, Wendy, Annals and the origins of Merca in Mercian Studies Leicester University Press, 1977 ref Icel s son was Cnebba . See also Kings of Mercia family tree Notes reflist 2 References refbegin cite book last Kirby first D.P. title The Earliest English Kings year 1992 location London publisher Routledge isbn 0 415 09086 5 refend Kings of Mercia DEFAULTSORT Icel Category 5th century births Category Anglo Saxon royalty Category Angles Category Mercia Category Mercian monarchs Category 6th century rulers in Europe UK royal stub br Icel Mercia es Icel de Mercia got it Icel persona nn Icel pl Icel ru sh Icel ... more details
Ecgfrith died December 796 was a List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia who briefly ruled in the year 796. He was the son and heir of King Offa of Mercia and his wife Cynethryth . In 787, Offa had Ecgfrith crowned as co ruler. He succeeded his father in July 796, but despite Offa s efforts to secure his son s succession, it is recorded that Ecgfrith ruled for only 141 days. Since Offa died either on July 26 or July 29, this would mean that Ecgfrith died either on December 14 or December 17. Offa thus appears to have moved to eliminate dynastic rivals to the succession of his son. According to a contemporary letter from Alcuin of York , an English deacon and scholar who spent over a decade at Charlemagne s court as one of his chief advisors, ref name BEASE 24 Lapidge, Alcuin of York , in Lapidge et al., Encyclopaedia of Anglo Saxon England , p. 24. ref however, the vengeance of the blood shed by the father has reached the son . Alcuin adds, This was not a strengthening of the kingdom, but its ruin. ref name EHD 786 Letter of Alcuin to Mercian ealdorman Osbert, tr. in Whitelock, English Historical Documents , p. 787 ref The surviving sources do not record whether Ecgfrith died of natural causes or was assassinated, though Alcuin s letter seems to imply the latter. Ecgfrith was the first Anglo Saxon king to receive a Christian consecration as part of his coronation. ref Keay, A. 2002 The Crown Jewels , published by The Historic Royal Palaces, ISBN 1 873993 20 X ref References reflist See also Kings of Mercia family tree S start s reg other succession box before Offa of Mercia Offa title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years 796 after Coenwulf of Mercia Coenwulf S end Kings of Mercia Persondata name Ecgfrith of Mercia alternative names short description ... br Ecfrith Mercia de Ecgfrith von Mercien el es Ecfrido de Mercia fr Ecgfrith de Mercie it Ecgfrith di Mercia hu Ecgfrith merciai kir ly no Ecgfrith av Mercia ru ... more details
Beornwulf died 825 was List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia now the English Midlands Midlands of England from 823 to 825. His short reign saw the collapse of the Mercian Supremacy Mercia s supremacy over the kingdoms of the Anglo Saxon England Anglo Saxon Heptarchy . Beornwulf s ancestry is practically unknown. His father was a Mercian nobleman, ealdorman Beorhtweald died 796 . A man named Beornwulf is mentioned as having witnessed a charter of King Coenwulf of Mercia Coenwulf in 812 and another of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia Ceolwulf in 823, but his position on each of these charters suggests he was not of an exceptionally high rank. ref Frank Stenton, Anglo Saxon England 1943, 1971, 1998 Oxford paperback , page 231, note 1. ref Ceolwulf I was overthrown in 823, and Beornwulf became king. Kingdom of Powys Powys was conquered by the Mercians at about this time, but it is unclear which of the two kings was ruling when it occurred. It has been argued that the known record suggests Beornwulf was more vigorous and likely to wage such a campaign than Ceolwulf, and that the conquest of Powys may have therefore been accomplished by Beornwulf at the beginning of his rule. ref name Kirby D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings 1991, 2000 paperback , Routledge, pages 154&ndash 155. ref Soon ..., Mercia s dominance of southern England rapidly unravelled. Essex and Sussex switched their loyalty ... indeed today, with only around twenty five examples known to exist. See also Kings of Mercia family tree References reflist s start s reg other s bef rows 2 before Ceolwulf I of Mercia Ceolwulf I s ttl title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years 823 825 s aft after Ludeca of Mercia Ludeca ... Aethelstan s end Kings of Mercia Persondata name Beornwulf of Mercia alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death 825 place of death DEFAULTSORT Beornwulf of Mercia ... Mercia fr Beornwulf de Mercie it Beornwulf di Mercia ja ru ... more details
for the son of Cerdic Creoda of Wessex File Creda John Speed.JPG thumb right Imaginary depiction of Creoda from John Speed s 1611 Saxon Heptarchy Creoda or Crida c. 540 ref Or circa 520. Google returns 148 results for Creoda being born c. 540 http www.google.com search?hl en&lr &safe off&as qdr all&q creoda 540&btnG Search and 136 results for his birth at c. 520 http www.google.com search?hl en&lr &safe off&as qdr all&q creoda 520&btnG Search . However these dates can only be the result of intelligent guesswork due to the lack of specific records. ref 593 was the first monarch of Mercia , reigning from 584 to 593. Creoda is recorded as having been the son of Cynewald , the grandson of Cnebba , and the great grandson of Icel person Icel consequently, members of the Mercian royal line were known as Iclinga s. Although this suggests that Creoda was only a fourth generation descendant of the first Angles in England , the sources nevertheless record him as having been the first ruler of the Kingdom of Mercia. One explanation for this is that the Mercians had initially settled further east and only moved into the area of what became known as Mercia in the time of Creoda. Like most of the early Anglo Saxons Anglo Saxon kings, very little is known about his life. The Anglo Saxon Chronicle records his death in the year 593. See also Kings of Mercia family tree S start S reg succession box before Cynewald title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years c. 584 &ndash c. 593 after Pybba of Mercia Pybba S end Notes Reflist Kings of Mercia Persondata name Creoda of Mercia alternative names short description date of birth 540 place of birth date of death 593 place of death Category 540 births Category 593 deaths Category Mercian monarchs Category Anglo Saxon royalty Category 6th century rulers in Europe England bio stub UK royal stub de Creoda fr Creoda de Mercie fy Creoda fan Mercia it Creoda di Mercia he , ja no Creoda av Mercia ru ... more details
Cearl was an early List of monarchs of Mercia king of Mercia who ruled during the early part of the 7th century, perhaps from about 606 to about 626. He is the first Mercian king mentioned by Bede in his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum . Cearl s ancestry is unknown. He is not included in the Mercian royal genealogy ref Anglo Saxon Chronicle , under the year 626, in which Penda s ancestry is listed. ref Henry of Huntingdon in the 12th century placed him as ruling after Pybba of Mercia Pybba , saying that he was not Pybba s son but was his kinsman. ref Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum , translated by Diana Greenway 1997 , Book II, chapter 27 page 111 . Greenway notes that Henry presumably concluded that Cearl was not in the direct royal line, based on ASC 626, and fitted him in between the father and son note 111 . ref According to Bede, he had a daughter, Cwenburh, who married the exiled Edwin of Northumbria Edwin of Deira , who was later king of Northumbria , and had two sons by him, Osfrith and Eadfrith Bede s only mention of Cearl is in the context of this marriage . ref ... Britonum credits the later king Penda of Mercia Penda with first separating the Mercians from the Northumbrians ... have effectively ended his overkingship of Mercia until the rise of Penda. ref Higham, N. J., King ... Northumbria , The Heroic Age , Issue 2, Autumn Winter 1999. ref See also Kings of Mercia family tree Notes and references references s start s reg succession box before Pybba of Mercia Pybba title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years c . 606 c . 626 after Penda of Mercia Penda s end Kings of Mercia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cearl Of Mercia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 626 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cearl Of Mercia ... century English people de Ceorl el fr Cearl de Mercie it Cearl di Mercia he , ja no Cearl av Mercia ru sh Cearl od Mercije ... more details
he came to exercise power in Mercia. According to Bede, Oswiu allowed Peada to rule the southern part of Mercia southern Mercia consisted of 5,000 families, Bede reports, while northern Mercia ... in 656. ref name Winwaed See also Kings of Mercia family tree References references s start s reg succession box before Penda of Mercia Penda title List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia years 655&ndash 656 after Oswiu of Northumbria Oswiu s end Kings of Mercia Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia ... century English people de Peada el es Peada de Mercia fr Peada de Mercie he , nl Peada no Peada av Mercia ru sh Peada od Mercije ... more details
Other people2 lffl d lffl d was a daughter of Offa of Mercia and Cynethryth . She may have witnessed a Anglo Saxon Charters charter with her father, mother, and brother Ecgfrith of Mercia Ecgfrith in the 770s, and again in 787 with her mother, father, brother, and two sisters here she is described as virgo &mdash unmarried. It is possible that she was the daughter of Offa whose proposed marriage to Charles the Younger, son of Charlemagne Charles the Younger caused a dispute between Charlemagne and Offa in around 789&ndash 790. In 792 she married thelred I of Northumbria at Catterick, North Yorkshire Catterick . Here she is described as queen , which has suggested to some historians that she had been previously married, and to a king, perhaps to one of thelred s predecessors. References refbegin citation last Kirby first D. P. title The Earliest English Kings location London publisher Unwin isbn 0 04 445692 1 year 1991 citation last Stafford first Pauline authorlink Pauline Stafford contribution Political Women in Mercia, Eighth to Early Tenth Centuries editor first Michelle P. editor last Brown editor2 first Carol A. editor2 last Farr title Mercia, an Anglo Saxon kingdom in Europe location Leicester publisher Leicester University Press year 2001 isbn 0 8264 7765 8 pages 35&ndash 49 year 2005 citation last Woolf first Alex author link Alex Woolf title From Pictland to Alba, 789&ndash 1070 year 2007 series The New Edinburgh History of Scotland publisher Edinburgh University Press location Edinburgh isbn 0 7486 1234 5 refend DEFAULTSORT Aelfflaed Of Mercia Category Anglo Saxon royal consorts Category 8th century English people Category Women of medieval England de Aelfflaed fr lffl d de Mercie hr Aelfflaed hu lfl d ... more details
Ceolred died 716 was King of Mercia from 709 to 716. Mercia at the end of the 7th century Image British kingdoms c 800.png 250px thumb right The kingdoms of Britain in the late 7th century By the end of the 7th century, England was almost entirely divided into kingdoms ruled by the Anglo Saxons , who had come to Britain two hundred years earlier. The kingdom of Mercia occupied what is now the English Midlands , ref name BF Origins 15 Barbara Yorke Yorke , The Origins of Mercia in Brown & Farr, Mercia , pp. 15&ndash 16. ref bordered by Northumbria to the north, Kingdom of East Anglia East Anglia to the east, and Wessex , the kingdom of the West Saxons, to the south. Kingdom of Essex Essex , the kingdom of the East Saxons, included London and lay between East Anglia and the kingdom of Kent . ref name Yorke Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms . ref The main source for this period is Bede s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum , completed in about 731. Despite its focus on the history of the church ... had no such contact in Mercia. ref name Yorke 100 Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms , p. 100. ref Charters ... and reign Ceolred s father, thelred of Mercia thelred , came to throne of Mercia in 675 on the death of his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia Wulfhere . thelred abdicated in 704 and went to Rome, leaving the kingdom to his nephew Coenred of Mercia Coenred , Wulfhere s son. The reduced prestige of both ... of Mercia thelred s son, but his mother was not Osthryth , thelred s only recorded wife. ref name ... of Mercia thelbald , a member of another branch of the Mercian royal line who had been forced ... of Mercia ref http www.britannia.com bios saints werburgamercia.html Britannia Biography of St. Werburga of Mercia . ref and buried at Lichfield . ref name ASC References Reflist Kings of Mercia ... Mercia de Ceolred es Ceolredo de Mercia eo Ceolred Mercia fr Ceolred de Mercie got it Ceolred di Mercia nl Coelred ru sh Ceolred od Mercije ... more details
thelfrith c. 883 c. 904 915 was an ealdorman of southern Mercia , who flourished in the last two decades of the ninth century and the first decade of the tenth century. His father is unknown. He was married to thelgyth, daughter of thelwulf thelwulf is unidentifed, but a possible candidate is King lfred the Great s brother in law, the ealdorman of the Gaini who died in 901. thelfrith was father to four ealdormen thelstan Half King East Anglia , lfstan Mercia , thelwald Kingdom of Kent Kent , and Eadric of Wessex Eadric Hampshire ref Hart, Cyril thelstan fl. 932 956 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 ref . In 903 it happened to thelfrith, dux, that all his deeds of title perished in the destruction of a fire. Therefore impelled by such a necessity, the aforementioned dux asked King Edward the Elder Edward , also thelred, ealdorman of Mercia thelred and thelfl d , who then held rulership and power over the Mercian people under the aforementioned king, also all the members of the witan, that they should permit him and give authorisation for the rewriting of replacement charters for him. Among the charters reissued was one concerning that land of ten hides, namely at Islington , which Coenwulf of Mercia Coenwulf , the celebrated king of the Mercians, gave to his faithful comes, Beornnoth, to be free for himself and for his heirs in perpetuity after him http www.esawyer.org.uk charter 367a.html . It would appear therefore that thelfrith, or possibly his, wife, could trace his family roots to the old Mercian aristocracy. Another charter reissued in 903 was that in which thelwulf had granted Monks Risborough Risborough to his ... prestige enjoyed by thelfrith s sons. References reflist Persondata name Aethelfrith of Mercia alternative names short description Ealdorman of southern Mercia date of birth place of birth date of death place of death DEFAULTSORT Aethelfrith of Mercia Category Anglo Saxon ealdormen UK noble stub es ... more details
about the 7th century king the late 9th to early 10th century king Earl thelred of Mercia File St John ... Monarch name thelred title King of Mercia reign 675&ndash 704 predecessor Wulfhere of Mercia Wulfhere successor Coenred of Mercia Coenred queen Osthryth issue Ceolred of Mercia Ceolred br Ceolwald of Mercia Ceolwald ? father Penda of Mercia Penda mother Cynewise thelred IPAc en icon l r d died after 704 was List of monarchs of Mercia King of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia , died. Within ... in English affairs south of the Humber . It also permanently returned the kingdom of Lindsey to Mercia ... the church s diocesan structure, creating several new Episcopal see sees in Mercia and Northumbria ... of Mercia Coenred . thelred became a monk at Bardney , a monastery which he had founded with his ... king before Ceolred. Mercia in the seventh century Image British 7th Century.png thumb right 250px .... The kingdom of Mercia occupied what is now the English midlands the origin of the kingdom is not recorded ... of Mercia in Brown & Farr, Mercia , pp. 15&ndash 16 ref The earliest Mercian king about whom definite historical information has survived is Penda of Mercia , thelred s father. ref name BF Origins 18 Barbara Yorke, The Origins of Mercia in Brown & Farr, Mercia , pp. 18&ndash 19 ref The larger ... . ref name Yorke 103 Oswiu installed Peada of Mercia Peada , a son of Penda, as king of southern Mercia, and ruled the northern half himself after Peada was murdered in 656 Oswiu took direct control of all of Mercia. A coup in 658 threw off Northumbrian overlordship and established Wulfhere ... of the church s history in each province, but he appears to have had no such contact in Mercia, about ... s immediate relations thelred was the son of Penda of Mercia. Penda s queen, Cynewise, is named ... , Political Women in Mercia in Brown & Farr, Mercia , p. 36 ref ref Bede, Ecclesiastical History ... more details
Mercia MacDermott lang bg born 7 April 1927 is an England English writer and historian. Having spent 27 years in Bulgaria , MacDermott is known for her books on history of Bulgaria Bulgarian history . She has been a foreign member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences since 1987 and was granted a honoris causa doctorate by Sofia University in 2007. MacDermott was born in Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom . Her father was a surgeon with the Royal Navy and her mother was a teacher. Due to her father s work in the navy, she spent some of her early years in Weihai , China , and Mercia learned Mandarin Chinese . ref cite book last Allcock first John B. coauthors Antonia Young title Black lambs & grey falcons women travelling in the Balkans publisher Berghahn Books date 2000 page 168 isbn 9781571817440 ref In the summer of 1947, while participating in a youth brigade in Yugoslavia with other English students, she had her first contact with Bulgarians , among which writer Pavel Matev . In the same year, MacDermott visited Bulgaria for the first time to attend a celebration at the Divotino brigade members camp near the Pernik Voluyak railway line. In 1948, she graduated in Russian language Russian philology from Oxford University and once again visited Bulgaria to participate in the international youth brigade building the Koprinka Reservoir . As a foreign udarnik , MacDermott was invited along with other international participants to meet Georgi Dimitrov himself in the Euxinograd palace on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast . While working at the reservoir, Mercia met her ..., was born in 1952. Upon returning to the United Kingdom, Mercia MacDermott enrolled in a Bulgarian ... editor ref Mercia MacDermott stayed in Bulgaria from 1962 to 1989 with brief ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Macdermott, Mercia ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT ..., Mercia Category English historians Category Bulgarian historians Category English writers Category ... more details
Coenred also spelled Cenred floruit fl. 675&ndash 709 was king of Mercia , now part of England, from 704 to 709. He was a son of the Mercian king Wulfhere of Mercia Wulfhere , whose brother thelred of Mercia ... later chronicles describe him as an ancestor of Wigstan of Mercia Wigstan , a 9th century Mercian ... his death. In the view of his contemporary, Bede , Coenred who had ruled the kingdom of Mercia for some ... of Mercia thelred s son Ceolred of Mercia Ceolred succeeded Coenred as king of Mercia. Mercia ... Saxons , who had come to Britain two hundred years earlier. The kingdom of Mercia occupied what is now the English Midlands . ref name BF Origins 15 Barbara Yorke Yorke , The Origins of Mercia in Brown & Farr, Mercia , pp. 15&ndash 16. ref Neighbouring kingdoms included Northumbria to the north ... Mercian king for whom there is definite historical information is Penda of Mercia , Coenred s paternal grandfather. ref name BF Origins 18 Yorke, The Origins of Mercia in Brown & Farr, Mercia , pp ... King s College London ref Ancestry and reign In 658, Coenred s father Wulfhere of Mercia Wulfhere came to the throne of Mercia as the result of a coup, ending a three year period of Northumbrian ... death in 675 by his brother thelred of Mercia thelred , Coenred s uncle, ref name Yorke 105 Yorke ... king of Mercia. As the Southumbrians were those who lived south of the Humber , Mercia s northern ... having at least one son of his own, Ceolred of Mercia Ceolred . ref name Kirby 173 Kirby, Earliest ... 34, ed. and tr. B. Colgrave, pp. 108&ndash 109. ref To counter such attacks, thelbald of Mercia ... publisher King s College London ref Mercia s influence in Kingdom of Kent Kent was limited both ... abdicated in favour of his cousin Ceolred of Mercia Ceolred , son of thelred, in order to become a monk ..., Wigmund of Mercia Wigmund , son of Wiglaf of Mercia , or through his mother, lffl d, daughter of Ceolwulf I of Mercia . ref name Kirby 191 Kirby, Earliest English Kings , p. 191. ref Notes ... more details
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