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Ceolwulf I of Mercia

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A later charter depicts a disturbed state of affairs during Ceolwulf's reign: "After the death of Cœnwulf, king of the Mercians, many disagreements and innumerable disputes arose among leading persons of every kind—kings, bishops, and ministers of the churches of God—concerning all manner of secular
223:(d. 807). Coenwulf ruled as king of Mercia from 796 until his death in 821. In 798 Coenwulf installed his brother Cuthred as king of Kent in 798. Cuthred ruled there until his death in 807, after which Kent reverted to Mercia. Upon Coenwulf's death in 821 he was succeeded by Ceolwulf. 165:
declared that, after Cœnwulf: "the kingdom of the Mercians declining, and if I may use the expression, nearly lifeless, produced nothing worthy of historical commemoration." Actually, Mercia did have a moment of glory that William was unaware of. Indicating the year 822, the
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in exchange for a gold and silver vessel, Ceolwulf was overthrown. His replacement was Beornwulf, whose pedigree is not known.
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Ceolwulf ruled Kent directly—in his two charters, he is styled as "King of the Mercians and of the men of Kent".
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and his son Berhtfrith sought to marry King Wigmund's widow so that he could become king. This was opposed by
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The name of Ceolwulf's wife is not recorded; however, they had one known child, a daughter:
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affairs". In 823, sometime after 26 May, on which date he granted land to Archbishop
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in 874, may have been another son of Ælfflæd, and thus a grandson of Ceolwulf I.
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King of Mercia during the temporary separation of Mercia and Wessex
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of Ceolwulf from a mint in East Anglia, struck 821–823
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Index


penny
King of Mercia
Coenwulf
Beornwulf
Issue
Ælfflæd of Mercia
House
Cuthberht of Mercia
Mercia
Anglo-Saxon England
Coenwulf
Beornwulf
William of Malmesbury
Annales Cambriae
Degannwy
Gwynedd
kingdom of Powys
Wulfred

Cuthberht of Mercia
Coenwulf of Mercia
Cuthred of Kent
Ælfflæd of Mercia
Evesham
Ælfflæd
Wigmund
Wiglaf
Beorhtwulf
Wigstan

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