Ceolwulf information

Ceolwulf, occasionally spelt Ceolwulph, may refer to: Ceolwulf I of Mercia, King of Mercia Ceolwulf II of Mercia, King of Mercia Ceolwulf of Northumbria...

Ceolwulf II (died c. 879) was the last king of independent Mercia. He succeeded Burgred of Mercia who was deposed by the Vikings in 874. His reign is generally...

Ceolwulf I was the King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 821 until his deposition in 823. He was the brother of Coenwulf, his predecessor...

Saint Ceolwulf was King of Northumbria from 729 until 737, except for a short period in 731 or 732 when he was briefly deposed and then restored to power...

East Anglia and most of the North of England. The final Mercian king, Ceolwulf II, died in 879 with the kingdom appearing to have lost its political independence...

King Ceolwulf c. 611. His relationship with Ceolwulf is uncertain. Cynegils is variously described in West Saxon sources as being a son of Ceolwulf, a son...

also apparently had a son named Coenwalh. Every king from Penda until Ceolwulf, who was deposed in 823, was said to be a descendant of Pybba, either through...

Beornwulf became King of Mercia in 823 following the deposition of King Ceolwulf I. His family, as well as the majority of his background, are unknown....

from his kingdom. After Burgred left, the Vikings appointed a Mercian Ceolwulf to replace him, demanding oaths of loyalty to them. Burgred retired to...

his brother, Ceolwulf; a post-Conquest legend claims that his son Cynehelm was murdered to gain the succession. Within two years Ceolwulf had been deposed...

(complete list) – Cœnwulf, King (?–821), also King of Kent and of Mercia Ceolwulf, King (821–823), also King of Kent and of Mercia Beornwulf, King (823–826)...

across the British Isles, even visiting the archbishop of York and King Ceolwulf of Northumbria. His ecumenical writings were extensive and included a number...

Ynegydd on Anglesey. In 877, a Danish force, aided by their client king Ceolwulf, assailed Anglesey, intent on avenging Gorm's death and securing communication...

Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd, daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia. Like many Mercians of the period very little is known about...

young man, vigorous, dissolute, cruel and bold. Ceolwulf claimed descent from Ida of Bernicia. "Ceolwulf was the son of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwin, Cuthwin...

Ceolwulf (or Ceolulfus) was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey. Ceolwulf was consecrated in 767. He died in 796. Charlemagne, in about 793–796 wrote to both...

dedicates it to Ceolwulf, king of Northumbria. The preface mentions that Ceolwulf received an earlier draft of the book; presumably, Ceolwulf knew enough...

becomes king of the West Saxons, or Wessex, after the death of his uncle Ceolwulf (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). He rules from 611 to 643 and...

later declined kingship. He married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ceolwulf I, which suggests that Ceolwulf II was a descendant of Wigmund and the last king of the...

sword over, 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...

Burgred of Mercia being deposed and replaced by a Danish puppet-regent, Ceolwulf. Following this victory, the Great Army split in two – one half under Halfdan...

the face of a Danish invasion. ? Ceolwulf II 874–879 or c. 883 Possibly a descendant of the C-dynasty, of which Ceolwulf I was a member, perhaps via intermarriage...

King Burgred. He was succeeded by the last independent King of Mercia, Ceolwulf II, who was presented by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a puppet of the Vikings...