Wigstan (/ˈwiːstɑːn/, Old English pronunciation: [ˈwiːjˌstɑːn]; died c. 840 AD), also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd...

the village is the Church of England parish church dedicated to Saint Wigstan of Mercia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also reports that 873–74 the Great...

Norway capture Dublin, and establish a Norse kingdom in Ireland. King Wigstan of Mercia, grandson of former ruler Wiglaf (see 839), declines his kingship...

mother of Wigstan. According to Thomas of Marlborough's hagiographical life of Wigstan, when his father King Wigmund died in 840, Wigstan refused to...

he could become king. This was opposed by Wigstan, the son of Wigmund and Ælfflæd, and Berhtfrith slew Wigstan in 849. However, there is no record outside...

Kalf to kill Bjorn. He is killed by Bjorn himself. Declan Conlon as Lord Wigstan, Queen Kwenthrith's second cousin and the head of the Royal Family of Mercia...

sources which describe his murder of Wigstan, the grandson of Wiglaf, in a dispute over Beorhtfrith's plan to marry Wigstan's widowed mother Ælfflæd. Beorhtwulf's...

839. Wiglaf was succeeded to the Mercian throne by his grandson, Wigstan. King Wigstan was murdered in 840, and his remains were also placed within the...

Mercia and the genealogy of several of the kings of this time is unknown. Wigstan, his grandson, was later recorded as a descendant of Penda of Mercia, so...

listed building, and is dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon Saint Wystan (or Wigstan), who was formerly buried within the church's crypt. The Anglo-Saxon abbey...

rather than Queen Emma, also known as Ælfgifu), got the relics of St Wigstan. While some English approved of these policies, which his skalds called...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

had children, although later chronicles describe him as an ancestor of Wigstan, a 9th-century Mercian king. In 709, Coenred abdicated and went on pilgrimage...

Declan Conlon as Lord Wigstan, a relative of Kwenthrith and head of the Royal Family of Mercia. Based on the semi-historical Wigstan. John Kavanagh as Pope...

sets out the theory whereby Ceolwulf is taken to be a younger brother of Wigstan of Mercia. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, trans. James Ingram, sub anno 874. "MILLIONS...

Æthelbald to house the royal mausoleum; other burials there include that of Wigstan. A fragment of a cross shaft from Repton includes on one face a carved...

wife of Wigmund and mother of Wigstan. Appointed regent by Wigstan. ? Beorhtwulf 840–852 Claimed to be a cousin of Wigstan. Usurped the kingship and forced...

it was one of the places where the body of St Wistan or Wigstan rested before burial. Wigstan was a Mercian prince who was assassinated, but was regarded...

Wigstan (OE male personal name) + OE stow 'a holy place'; 'The holy place of Wigstan'. It is thought to be the site of the martyrdom of Saint Wigstan...

daughter of Ceolwulf I of Mercia, wife of Wigmund of Mercia, mother of Wigstan of Mercia Æthelflæd (name) This page or section lists people that share...

Credan, abbot of the abbey during the reign of King Offa of Mercia Saint Wigstan of Mercia (aka Wulstan and Wystan) Saint Odulf, a Frisian saint and missionary...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

been anything more than a co-ruler with him. He was himself the father of Wigstan who later declined kingship. He married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ceolwulf I...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...

Wenlock Wenlock Priory Wenlocan Winlocan River Severn (Sæfern) 16 * Wigstan (Wistan) Wigstan Wigstanus Repton Repton Priory Hreopedune Reopedune River Trent...

Werburgh, Abbess of Ely, died 699, daughter of Wulfhere, king of Mercia Wigstan, Martyr, died 839, grandson of Wiglaf and of Ceolwulf I Wihtberht, Anchorite...