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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.
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 I King of Mercia r.821-823: Wiglaf King of Mercia?-839 r.827–829 830–839: Æthelred Mucel: Eadburh: Æthelwulf King of Wessex 795–858 r.839-858: Cynehelm
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.
Æthelred, King (866–871) Mercia (complete list – Coenwulf, King (796–821), also King of Kent and of East Anglia; Ceolwulf I, King (821–823), also King of Kent and of East Anglia; Beornwulf, King (823–826), also King of East Anglia; Ludeca, King (826–827) Wiglaf, King (827–829, 830–839) Ecgberht, King (829–830) Wigmund, King ...
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. In 877 they partitioned Mercia, taking the east for themselves and leaving the west to Ceolwulf. [2] Gwynedd was also under attack from the Vikings, and in 877 King Rhodri Mawr was defeated and driven ...
Ceolwulf was born around 695 in Northumbria. [1] His ancestry is thus given by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: "Ceolwulf was the son of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwin, Cuthwin of Leoldwald, Leoldwald of Egwald, Egwald of Aldhelm, Aldhelm of Ocga, Ocga of Ida, Ida of Eoppa." [2] Ceolwulf's brother, Coenred, seized the Northumbrian throne in 716. [3]
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