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Ceolwulf was the son of Cuthberht of Mercia and the brother of Coenwulf of Mercia (d. 821) and Cuthred of Kent (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.
Ceolwulf II (died c. 879) was the last king of independent Mercia. [1] He succeeded Burgred of Mercia who was deposed by the Vikings in 874. His reign is generally dated 874 to 879 based on a Mercian regnal list which gives him a reign of five years. However, D. P. Kirby argues that he probably reigned into the early 880s.
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 onwards it was the dominant member of the Heptarchy and consequently the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
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Coenwulf was succeeded by 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, and the kingship passed permanently out of Coenwulf's family. Coenwulf was the last king of Mercia to exercise substantial dominance over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Beornwulf became King of Mercia in 823 following the deposition of King Ceolwulf I. [5] His family, as well as the majority of his background, are unknown. [6] However, Beornwulf may be distantly related to a prior Mercian king, Beornred, as well as two subsequent rulers, Beorhtwulf and Burgred— all members of the so-called B-dynasty or group. [7]
Ceolwulf, occasionally spelt Ceolwulph, may refer to: Ceolwulf I of Mercia, King of Mercia; Ceolwulf II of Mercia, King of Mercia; Ceolwulf of Northumbria (Saint Ceolwulf), King of Northumbria; Ceolwulf of Wessex, King of Wessex; Ceolulfus, Bishop of Lindsey, also known as Ceolwulf
Immediately King Æthelwulf advanced with Burgred against the Welsh, and successfully repressed the rebellion. [1] Twelve years after Burgred's success against the Welsh, in 865, the Great Heathen Army arrived. Following its successful campaigns against East Anglia and Northumbria it advanced through Mercia, arriving in Nottingham in 867.