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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.
King of Mercia r.796: Eadburh fl.787-802: Beorhtric King of Wessex?–802 r.786-802: Ælfflæd of Mercia: Æthelred I King of Northumbria ~762–796 r.774-779 790-796: Ecgberht of Wessex King of Mercia 771/775-839 r.829-830: Coenwulf King of Mercia?-821 r.796–821: Ælfthryth of Mercia: Beorhtwulf King of Mercia?-852 r.839/40-852: Ceolwulf I ...
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]
[2] She was the heir of her father and his brother Coenwulf, and, by the middle of the century, she was probably abbess of Winchcombe, as she was disposing of its property. She died after 850, and may have been the mother of King Ceolwulf II [3] and Eadburh, wife of Æthelred Mucel. [4] [5] [6] [7]
He married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ceolwulf I, which suggests that Ceolwulf II was a descendant of Wigmund and the last king of the original Mercian dynasty. According to Ford Mommaerts-Browne, he may also have been the father of Eadburh, wife of Æthelred Mucel, and mother of Eahlswith. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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