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Life. A charter of Burgred's dated 869. In 853 Burgred sent messengers to Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, seeking his help to subjugate the Welsh, who lived between Mercia and the western sea, as they were rebelling against his rule. Immediately King Æthelwulf advanced with Burgred against the Welsh, and successfully repressed the rebellion.
Burgred (died c. 874, /875) was the king of Mercia (from 852/853) who was driven out by the Danes and went to Rome. In 852 or 853 he called upon Aethelwulf of Wessex to aid him in subduing the North Welsh. The request was granted and the campaign proved successful, the alliance being sealed by the marriage of Burgred to Aethelswith, daughter of ...
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BURGRED 852 – 874. The last true independent king of Mercia, Burgred’s relatively long reign was blighted by regular Viking invasions. Starting almost immediately after taking the throne, Burgred was forced to ally up with Ethelwulf of Wessex in order to counter attacks from both the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east.
May 3, 2023 · After Beorhtwulf’s death – possibly while fighting the Vikings – king Burgred was crowned in 852. Indeed from the remaining charters issued by Burgred of Mercia, historians are relatively certain he was on the throne before 25 July 852. However a story sometimes told is of an otherwise unknown king called Eanred, who may have reigned very ...
The greatest and most powerful of all Mercian kings, he proclaimed himself King of the English in 774, built Offa's Dyke, and introduced the silver penny . 29 Jul 796. Ecgfrith. 787–796. Son of Offa. Co-ruler, died suddenly a few months after his father. 17 Dec 796. Cœnwulf.
Mercia ( / ˈmɜːrʃiə, - ʃə, - siə /, [1] [2] Old English: Miercna rīċe; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlands of England.
Mar 18, 2024 · In response, Mercia began to work closely with its southern neighbor, Wessex. In the 850s, we see closer economic ties between the two kingdoms and more interaction between their nobles and the marriage of King Burgred of Mercia (852-874) to Æthelswith, the daughter of the King of Wessex, further strengthened relations.
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