For the 9th century Mercian princess Cwenthryth Infobox monarch name Cynethryth image Cynethryth penny obverse.png caption Portrait penny of Cynethryth, minted by Eoba at Canterbury . Cynethryth is the only ... thelburh br thelswith br Ecgfrith of Mercia death date after AD 798 burial Cynethryth Cyne ry died after AD 798 was the wife of Offa of Mercia and mother of Ecgfrith of Mercia . Cynethryth is the only ... Nothing certain is known of Cynethryth s origins. Her name recalls the wife and daughters ... thelbald , Offa s predecessor, which had been condemned by the church, the marriage of Offa and Cynethryth ..., p. 37. ref In a letter to Cynethryth and Offa s son Ecgfrith, Alcuin advises him to follow the example of his parents, including his mother s piety. Elsewhere Alcuin refers to Cynethryth as controller of the Royal household . ref Keynes. Alcuin s letters 61, 62, and 101 mention Cynethryth Monumenta ... Cinethryth queen of Offa.jpg thumb left Coin of Cinethryth, queen of Offa. The date of Offa and Cynethryth ... that Cynethryth began to witness charter s. ref Stafford, p. 38. ref She first witnessed a charter ... Dei gratia regina Merciorum Cynethryth, by the Grace of God, Queen of the Mercians . ref For a list of charters witnessed by Cynethryth, see the Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England for the charters ... It has been suggested that Cynethryth s coin age was in emulation of the List of Byzantine emperors ... by Cynethryth to the Church, but their similarity to the general issues suggests otherwise. This coinage ... 216 Cynethryth is associated with her husband in charters and is said to have been a patron ... of Lichfield Bishopric of Lichfield to an Archbishopric, wrote to Offa and Cynethryth jointly. Her ... Offa s death in 796 Cynethryth entered religion. She was abbess of the monastery at Cookham and also ...?personKey 3911 title Cynethryth 2 Female Queen of the Mercians, fl. 770 798 wife of Offa ... index 101054442 title Cynethryth last Kelly first S.E. year 2004 accessdate 2007 10 08 work Oxford ... more details
Quendrida , a Latinisation of the Anglo Saxon female names Cynethryth and Cwenthryth , may refer to Cynethryth floruit fl. 770&ndash 798 , wife of King Offa of Mercia Cwenthryth floruit fl. 811&ndash 825 , daughter of King Coenwulf of Mercia hndis ... more details
for the 8th century Anglo Saxon queen Cynethryth Cwenthryth lang ang Cw n r was an early 9th century Mercian princess, the daughter of Coenwulf of Mercia and sister of Saint Cenelm . After Coenwulf s death, his son was killed fighting the Welsh, possibly due to Cwenthryth s treachery . ref http www.britannia.com history saxontime3.html 821 ref She was also the Abbess of Minster in Thanet who inherited property and authority from King Coenwulf of Mercia . Wulfred , Archbishop of Canterbury , challenged her for authority of her abbey estates, and they fought each other for control. References references Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, The Encyclopedia of Amazons Paragon House, 1991 , 66. ISBN 1 55778 420 5 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cwenthryth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Category Anglo Saxon nuns Category Anglo Saxon royalty Category 9th century deaths Category Year of birth unknown UK royal stub ... more details
Other people2 lfthryth Infobox saint name Saint lfthryth of Crowland birth date unknown death date 795 feast day venerated in Roman Catholic Church image imagesize caption birth place England death place Crowland , England titles beatified date beatified place beatified by canonized date canonized place canonized by attributes patronage major shrine suppressed date issues prayer prayer attrib lfthryth is a saint, venerated in the Roman Catholic Church , as a virgin , and recluse , died c. 795. She was a daughter of King Offa of Mercia . According to a late and not very trustworthy legend she was betrothed to Saint thelberht II of East Anglia thelberht , but when he came to the court of Offa to claim her, he was treacherously murdered by the contrivance of Cynethryth , Offa s queen. After this lfthryth retired to the marshes of Crowland Abbey , where she was built into a cell and lived as a recluse to the end of her days. It is impossible not to suspect the existence of some confusion with lffl d of Mercia lfleda , another daughter of Offa, whose husband was also murdered by treachery. Anglo Saxon saints catholic Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Aelfthryth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH England DATE OF DEATH 795 PLACE OF DEATH Crowland , England DEFAULTSORT Aelfthryth Category 8th century births Category 795 deaths Category Anglo Saxon royalty Category Mercian saints Category Anglo Saxon women Category People from Crowland Category 8th century Christian saints es Alfreda de Crowland fr Etheldrite hr Sveta Elfrida Crowlandska it Alfreda di Crowland ... 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
Other people2 Edburga No footnotes date April 2009 Eadburh lang ang adburh , also spelled Eadburg , fl. 789 802 was the daughter of King Offa of Mercia and Queen Cynethryth . She was the wife of King Beorhtric of Wessex , and according to Asser s Life of Alfred the Great she accidentally killed her husband by poison. She fled to Francia , where she is said to have been offered the chance of marrying Charlemagne , but ruined the opportunity. Instead she was appointed as the abbess of a convent. Here she is said to have fornicated with an English exile. As a result she was eventually expelled from the monastery and ended her days begging in the streets of Pavia. Queen Eadburh was the daughter of Offa and Cynethryth. She married Beorhtric, king of Wessex from 787 to 802, in 789. Offa was then the most powerful king in England, and Beorhtric gained his support as a result of the marriage. According to Asser, Eadburh became all powerful, and often demanded the executions or exile of her enemies. She was also alleged to have assassinated those men whom she couldn t compel Beorhtric to kill through poisoning their food or drink. In 802, according to the Asser, Eadburh attempted to poison a young favourite of the king but succeeded in killing both of them. The young man may have been called Worr, as the Anglo Saxon Chronicle records the death of both men shortly before the succession of Egbert of Wessex Egbert , the grandfather of Alfred the Great, as king of Wessex. ref name DNB http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8380?docPos 3 Janet L. Nelson, Eadburh , Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ref Exile Eadburg subsequently fled to Francia and took refuge at the court of Charlemagne , where her husband s successor, Egbert of Wessex , had taken refuge after being exiled by Beorhtric. There Asser relates that Charlemagne was smitten by the former queen. He brought in one of his sons and asked her which she preferred, him or his son, as a husband. She answered t ... 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 date of birth place of birth date of death 796 place of death Category 796 deaths Category Mercian monarchs Category 8th century rulers in Europe Category 8th century English people England bio stu ... more details
orphan date June 2010 Infobox royalty name Lord Borchard de Herle image Hommage of Edward I to Philippe le Bel.jpg imgw 191 alt A man who was always in the background under the monarch of Edward I caption Portrait of Royalty in Westminster Abbey Edward I is in the chair and Lord Borchard de Herle to the furthest to the right. occupation Diplomat birth date June 17, 1268 birth place Cornwall Kingdom of England England death date April 9, 1305 death place London Kingdom of England England father Lord Borin de Herle mother Lady Helena spouse Hildegrad Cornwallis Lord Borchard de Herle 1268 1305 was a medieval diplomat under the England English King Edward I of England , r 1272 1307 . He began his service to the King at the age of 20 in which he was sent to other European countries to sign peace treaties, free hostages and deal with trade. After being sent to Scotland to aid the English hostages in a Scottish peasant uprising in 1305, Lord Borchard de Herle took a surprising turn in position, siding with the Scottish peasants, whom he had secretly pitied. After returning to England empty handed, without the hostages, he was beheaded for his betrayal to the crown. Early life Borchard was born in Cornwall England on June 17, 1268 to Borin and Helena de Herle. As a child, he was noted to be shy and reserved, mostly concealed in his home, perhaps due to his abusive father. Thus, perhaps preventing his primary education of going to Colchester Royal Grammar School , in which many upper class children went to. His father being a knight in the crusades , and his mother a descendant of Cynethryth the wife of Offa of Mercia , English King in the 9th century , Borchard was raised among the gentry and destined to receive a governmental job. In 1280 his father, Lord Borin died of typhoid fever , leaving Borchard, at age 12, to care for his mother and his younger brother, Leofrick. But during this time, the remaining family was also having more issues. Borchard s mother, Helena was a ... more details
lands between the archbishop and the Abbess Cynethryth . Fifth Council The fifth Council of Clovesho ..., and the second in terminating a dispute between the archbishop and the Abbess Cynethryth. ref ... more details
also be Wiglaf s wife, Cynethryth, who was descended from Penda. ref name Kirby 190 Kirby, Earliest English Kings , pp. 190 192 ref Cynethryth s name is known from two of Wiglaf s charters, dated ... & Farr, Mercia . ref ref Another Cynethryth was the mother of Ecgfrith of Mercia , Coenwulf s predecessor ... more details
1434606937 ref It is recorded that his mother, Cynethryth, was a pious woman. Osbern s life of Dunstan ... held by Cynethryth was as suddenly relighted, and all present lit their candles at this miraculous ... more details
See also List of English monarchs Image Marriage of henry and Catherine.jpg thumb 200px right Marriage of Henry V of England Henry V to Catherine of Valois The English royal consorts were the spouses of the reigning monarchs of the Kingdom of England who were not themselves monarchs of England. ref Spouses of some English monarchs were themselves English monarchs. Mary I of England Mary I and Philip II of Spain Philip reigned together in the 16th century, while William III of England William III and Mary II of England Mary II reigned together in the 17th century. ref Most of them are women, and held the title of Queen consort some few are men, whose titles were not consistent, depending upon the circumstances of their spouses reigns. The Kingdom of England merged with the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707, to form the Kingdom of Great Britain . There have thus been no consorts of England since that date. House of Mercia 774 796 width 90 class wikitable Picture Name Parents Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse align center Image Cynethryth penny obverse.png 80px align center Cynethryth align center &ndash align center colspan 2 &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center 26 or 29 July 796 br Husband s death align center After 798. align center Offa of Mercia Offa House of Wessex, 802 1013 width 90 class wikitable Picture Name Parents Birth Marriage Became Consort Coronation Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse align center align center Unknown align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center Egbert of Wessex Egbert align center File Queen Osburga reads for her son, Alfred.gif 90px align center Osburh align center Father, Oslac align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center &ndash align center rowspan 2 thelwulf of Wessex thelwulf align center rowspan 2 F ... more details
Infobox royalty name C dwalla title King of Wessex image C dwalla in Barnard Chichester mural full body .jpg caption Imaginary depiction of C dwalla by Lambert Barnard succession King of Wessex reign 685 688 predecessor Centwine of Wessex Centwine successor Ine of Wessex Ine consort Cynethryth birth date 659 death date Death date and age 689 4 20 659 1 1 df y father Coenberht C dwalla c. 659 20 April 689 was the List of monarchs of Wessex King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he Abdication abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the British Cadwallon . He was exiled as a youth, and during this time attacked the South Saxons and killed their king, thelwealh , in what is now Sussex . C dwalla was unable to hold the territory, however, and was driven out by thelwealh s ealdorman ealdormen . In either 685 or 686 he became king of Wessex. He may have been involved in suppressing rival dynasties at this time, as an early source records that Wessex was ruled by underkings until C dwalla. After his accession C dwalla returned to Sussex and won the territory again, and also conquered the Isle of Wight , extinguishing the ruling dynasty there. He gained control of Surrey and the kingdom of Kent , and in 686 he installed his brother, Mul of Kent Mul , as king of Kent. Mul was burned in a Kentish revolt a year later, and C dwalla returned, possibly ruling Kent directly for a period. C dwalla was wounded during the conquest of the Isle of Wight, and perhaps for this reason he abdicated in 688 to travel to Rome for baptism . He reached Rome in April 689, and was baptised on the Saturday before Easter , dying ten days later on 20 April 689. He was succeeded by Ine of Wessex Ine . Sources A major source for West Saxon events is the Ecclesiastical History of the English People , written about 731 by Bede , a Northumbria n monk and chronicler. Bede received a good deal of information relating to C dwalla from Bishop Daniel of Winchester Bede s interest was primarily in the ... more details
at Canterbury in the name of the queen, Cynethryth , from dies produced by the same talented individual ... as well. Certainly Cynethryth emerges from surviving evidence as a formidable individual, who regularly ... on the earlier coinage of Cynethryth, and despite its use of the central M for Merciorum was adopted ... more details
Use British English date March 2012 About the larger local government district Bedford borough other uses Infobox UK place country England latitude 52.1337 longitude 0.4577 static image File BedfordTownBridgeNightJan2007.jpg 240px static image caption small Bedford Town Bridge at night small official name Bedford population 80,000 unitary england Bedford borough Bedford lieutenancy england Bedfordshire region East of England constituency westminster Bedford UK Parliament constituency Bedford post town BEDFORD postcode district MK40, MK41, MK42 postcode area MK dial code 01234 os grid reference TL055495 london distance 57.4m refimprove date July 2011 Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire , in the East of England . It is the administrative centre for the wider Bedford borough Borough of Bedford . According to the former Bedfordshire County Council s estimates, the town had a population of 80,000 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town of Kempston . The Bedford Urban Area which includes Kempston, Elstow and Biddenham forms the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom 71st largest Urban Area in the UK with a population of 101,928. ref http www.statistics.gov.uk statbase Expodata Spreadsheets D8271.csv ref The wider borough, including a rural area, had a population of 153,000. Citation needed date July 2010 History See also History of Bedfordshire The name of the town is thought to derive from the name of a Saxon chief called Beda, ref cite web publisher Bedford Borough Council url http www.bedford.gov.uk leisure and culture local history and heritage brief history of bedford.aspx title Brief History of Bedford accessdate 29 March 2011 ref and a Ford crossing ford crossing the River Great Ouse . Bedford was a market town for the surrounding agricultural region from the early Middle Ages Citation needed date August 2009 The Anglo Saxon King Offa of Mercia was buried in the town in 796. ref name BEASE 133 Simon Keynes, Cynethryth , in Lapidge, Encyclopaedia of ... more details
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