Beorhtwulf (Old English: [ˈbeorˠxtwuɫf], meaning "bright wolf"; also spelled Berhtwulf; died 852) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England... 25 KB (3,282 words) - 23:30, 29 February 2024 |
the Vikings. Wiglaf died in about 839, and was eventually succeeded by Beorhtwulf, though one tradition records his son, Wigmund as having reigned briefly... 26 KB (3,287 words) - 07:58, 1 March 2024 |
Estuary before turning north, and engages the Mercian forces under King Beorhtwulf. The Mercians are defeated, and retreat to their settlements. The Vikings... 5 KB (544 words) - 15:13, 7 May 2022 |
monastic orders instead. Beorhtwulf, possibly Wigstan's great-uncle, became king instead. William of Malmesbury claims that Beorhtwulf's son, Beorhtfrith, wished... 7 KB (817 words) - 17:24, 27 April 2024 |
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. Though this... 7 KB (593 words) - 09:04, 9 March 2024 |
mouth of the Thames and stormed Canterbury and London and put to flight Beorhtwulf, King of Mercia with his army, and then went south over the Thames into... 4 KB (464 words) - 13:24, 14 February 2024 |
to Wigmund, son of King Wiglaf, and then to Beorhtfrith, son of King Beorhtwulf. Far from being "an unwise king's thane", it is clear that Ceolwulf was... 12 KB (1,405 words) - 20:25, 27 April 2024 |
the son of Wiglaf, King of Mercia (827–839). Wiglaf was succeeded by Beorhtwulf and his son Berhtfrith sought to marry King Wigmund's widow so that he... 5 KB (512 words) - 02:02, 25 March 2024 |
the 9th-century St Wystan, who was murdered by Beorhtfrith, the son of Beorhtwulf, king of Mercia, after Wystan objected to Beorhtfrith's plan to marry... 88 KB (9,893 words) - 08:47, 30 April 2024 |
(Baegia), land granted by Æthelbald, King of Mercia; granted to Worcester by Beorhtwulf 841; later claimed by Evesham dissolved Daeglesford Priory Deerhurst Abbey... 25 KB (2,841 words) - 19:45, 11 October 2023 |
Wigstan refused to become king, preferring a life of religion. His relative Beorhtwulf then asked for permission to marry the widowed queen, Æfflæd, and when... 3 KB (399 words) - 15:10, 24 April 2022 |
Ecgberht, King (829–830) Wigmund, King (c.840) Ælfflæd, Regent (c.840) Beorhtwulf, King (840–852) Burgred, King (852–874) Ceolwulf II, King (874–c.879)... 56 KB (5,525 words) - 03:58, 1 March 2024 |
Ithel assisted King Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd against the invasions of Beorhtwulf, earl of Mercia, and his brother "Ithelwlf". According to the Annals of... 2 KB (255 words) - 09:14, 27 April 2023 |
revered as a saint. The Mercian throne is seized by Berhtric's father, Beorhtwulf.: 238–239 Vikings make permanent settlements with their first 'wintering... 6 KB (625 words) - 10:47, 8 February 2024 |
839 King Wiglaf of Mercia dies and is succeeded, probably in 840, by Beorhtwulf. Ecgberht, King of Wessex, dies and is succeeded by his son Æthelwulf... 18 KB (2,079 words) - 22:29, 20 March 2024 |
Brihtwulf of Mercia, Kwenthrith and Burgred's uncle. Based on the historical Beorhtwulf of Mercia. James Murphy as Ansgar, a monk trying to convert Vikings in... 83 KB (7,625 words) - 14:29, 19 April 2024 |
had plundered London and Canterbury previously, and had also put king Beorhtwulf of Mercia to flight. The chronicler refers to the battlefield as Aclea... 7 KB (697 words) - 10:33, 19 July 2022 |
S180 - (AD816) Cenwulf granting privileges to Deneberht. S201 - (AD851) Beorhtwulf granting land to St Mary's, Worcester. Æthelwulf died between 816 and... 4 KB (296 words) - 16:33, 4 March 2022 |
Mercian kings noted by Dr. Barbara Yorke that included Beornred, Beornwulf, Beorhtwulf and Burgred. The name Beorma has been used to establish and promote links... 12 KB (1,495 words) - 13:24, 26 December 2023 |
Estuary before turning north, and engages the Mercian forces under King Beorhtwulf. The Mercians are defeated, and retreat to their settlements. The Vikings... 3 KB (4,917 words) - 09:38, 29 September 2021 |
his own mother, Ælflædd, marrying Beorhtfrith's father, the new king Beorhtwulf. Another sanctified Mercian royal was Æthelberht II of East Anglia, who—according... 36 KB (5,159 words) - 15:48, 19 September 2023 |
revered as a saint. The Mercian throne is seized by Berhtric's father, Beorhtwulf.: 238–239 Vikings make permanent settlements with their first 'wintering... 2 KB (4,922 words) - 08:59, 29 September 2021 |