Beornwulf of Mercia information

Beornwulf (died 826) was the King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 823 until his death in 826. His short reign saw the collapse of Mercia's...

The Battle of Ellendun or Battle of Wroughton was fought between Ecgberht of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in September 825. Sir Frank Stenton described...

his predecessor, and was deposed by Beornwulf. William of Malmesbury declared that, after Cœnwulf: "the kingdom of the Mercians declining, and if I may...

when Egbert of Wessex supported an East Anglian rebellion against Beornwulf of Mercia, whose defeat at Ellendun effectively brought the Supremacy to an...

The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th century. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century...

king Beornwulf (who had overthrown Ceolwulf in 823) at Ellendun. The Battle of Ellendun proved decisive. At this point, Mercia lost control of Kent,...

King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 839 or 840 to 852. His ancestry is unknown, though he may have been connected to Beornwulf, who...

Ludeca or Ludica was the King of Mercia from 826 to 827. He became king after the death of Beornwulf in battle against the rebellious East Angles, but...

that Mercia was still a formidable military power at that time. In 825 Beornwulf was decisively defeated by Ecgberht, King of Wessex, at the battle of Ellendun...

Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia near Swindon. The battle marks the end of the Mercian domination of southern England. The kingdoms of Kent...

the 1st millennium, the 26th year of the 9th century, and the 7th year of the 820s decade. King Beornwulf of Mercia invades East Anglia, but is killed...

independence was restored by a rebellion against Mercia led by Æthelstan in 825. Beornwulf of Mercia's attempt to restore Mercian control resulted in his...

of the house increased, but after 767 it seems probable that the nuns dispersed during the confusion of civil strife in England. Beornwulf of Mercia is...

Wulfred of Canterbury. 823 After 26 May – Ceolwulf I of Mercia is overthrown as king by Beornwulf, whose pedigree is not known. 825 September – Battle of Ellendun...

as a symbol of temporal power in the Holy Roman Empire). King Ceolwulf I of Mercia is deposed by Beornwulf, who takes the throne of Mercia. During his...

as a symbol of temporal power in the Holy Roman Empire). King Ceolwulf I of Mercia is deposed by Beornwulf, who takes the throne of Mercia. During his...

pennies from the reigns of Æthelwulf of Wessex (839–858), Æthelberht of Wessex (860–866), Beornwulf of Mercia (823–826), Burgred of Mercia (852–874) and several...

Baldred was king of Kent, from 823 until 826 or 827. Ceolwulf I, king of Mercia, had ruled Kent directly, and was deposed by Beornwulf in 823, and at about...

and Powys then gained a respite when Mercia's attention turned elsewhere and its fortunes waned. King Beornwulf was killed fighting the East Anglians...

Beornmund or Beorma and those of the alleged B-line of Mercian kings noted by Dr. Barbara Yorke that included Beornred, Beornwulf, Beorhtwulf and Burgred....

Ceolwulf, King (821–823), also King of Kent and of Mercia Beornwulf, King (823–826), also King of Mercia Æthelstan, King post-827–840s) Æthelweard, King (840s–854)...

kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. The combined armies were successful in conquering the kingdoms of East Anglia, Northumbria, and parts of Mercia, and overran...

and 869, following an East Anglian revolt in which the Mercian king, Beornwulf, was killed, the East Angles again regained their independence. In 869...