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    Coenwulf (Old English: [ˈkøːnwuɫf]; also spelled Cenwulf, Kenulf, or Kenwulph; Latin: Coenulfus) was the King of Mercia from December 796 until his death...
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    Ceolwulf I was the King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 821 until his deposition in 823. He was the brother of Coenwulf, his predecessor,...
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    months before Coenwulf of Mercia became king. In the first half of the 8th century, the dominant Anglo-Saxon ruler was King Æthelbald of Mercia, who by 731...
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    into the early 820s under Coenwulf of Mercia. However, Coenwulf's death in 821 marked the beginning of a period in which Mercia suffered from dynastic conflicts...
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    Frankish interests. The pro-Mercian Archbishop of Canterbury, Æthelhard, fled during the rebellion. Cœnwulf of Mercia was engaged in correspondence with Pope...
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    Mercia (/ˈmɜːrʃiə, -ʃə, -siə/, Old English: Miercna rīċe; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain...
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    descent from Pybba of Mercia. The C dynasty, beginning with Coenwulf, may have had ties to the ruling family of Hwicce in south-west Mercia. Ceolwulf's immediate...
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    in Mercia", pp. 42–43, in Brown & Farr, Mercia. Another Cynethryth was the mother of Ecgfrith of Mercia, Coenwulf's predecessor, and the wife of Offa...
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    on the death of Coenwulf of Mercia (d. 821). If this is the case, he was apparently defeated by Coenwulf's successor Ceolwulf. The end of Æthelstan's reign...
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  • Coenwulf, Cenwulf, or Kenwulf, may refer to: King Coenwulf of Mercia (died 821) Bishop Coenwulf of Dorchester (early 10th century) Bishop Cenwulf of Winchester...
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    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...
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  • Archbishop Hygeberht of Lichfield retires; he is succeeded by Ealdwulf. King Coenwulf of Mercia is on better terms with the archbishopric of Canterbury than...
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  • into exile. In 801, Eardwulf led an army against Coenwulf of Mercia, perhaps because of Coenwulf's support for other claimants to the Northumbrian throne...
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    areas of present-day Hamburg. King Charles the Younger, a son of Charlemagne, conquers Corsica and Sardinia (approximate date). King Coenwulf of Mercia invades...
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    In AD 819 (or 821?), Coenwulf of Mercia died, leaving two daughters, Quendryda (Cwenthryth) and Burgenhilda, and a son, a child of seven years old, named...
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    Ecgfrith was king of Mercia from 29 July to December 796. He was the son of Offa, one of the most powerful kings of Mercia, and Cynethryth, his wife. In...
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    Offa of Mercia or King Coenwulf of Mercia. In its time, it was the burial place of two members of the Mercian ruling class, the aforementioned Coenwulf and...
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    Winchcombe (category Borough of Tewkesbury)
    in Mercia, favoured by King Coenwulf of Mercia, the others being Lichfield and Tamworth. In the 11th century, the town was briefly the county town of Winchcombeshire...
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  • 821 Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, submits to Coenwulf of Mercia in a dispute over Church lands. King Coenwulf of Mercia dies at Basingwerk near Holywell...
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    was the King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 823 until his death in 826. His short reign saw the collapse of Mercia's supremacy over...
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    died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance...
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    Coenwulf of Mercia. Two hundred and sixty four years later, the village and Manor were listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Snawesille, property of...
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    mint. One of these coins was found in 1854, two miles outside of Andover. Within a few years, Offa's successor, Coenwulf, had restored Mercia's position...
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    Wulfred (category Archbishops of Canterbury)
    wealth to fund the construction of new buildings. Wulfred came into conflict with King Coenwulf of Mercia over the issue of whether laymen could control...
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    Thionville (northeastern France). She is the daughter of Count Hugh of Tours. King Coenwulf of Mercia dies in Basingwerk near Holywell (Wales), while preparing...
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    Mercian king, Coenwulf. East Anglian independence was restored by a rebellion against Mercia led by Æthelstan in 825. Beornwulf of Mercia's attempt to restore...
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  • 810s) was the wife of the Mercian King Coenwulf, and had his two children, Cynehelm and Cwoenthryth. Ælfthryth is established as Coenwulf's wife from charter...
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  • Eadburh was a member of the Mercian royal line. Similarly, the historian Richard Abels makes a connection to King Coenwulf of Mercia. Furthermore, D. P...
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  • Archbishop Hygeberht of Lichfield retires; he is succeeded by Ealdwulf. King Coenwulf of Mercia is on better terms with the archbishopric of Canterbury than...
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  • wife of King Coenwulf of Mercia (fl. 810s) Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, daughter of King Alfred the Great (d. 929) Elftrude, daughter of Adele of Vermandois...
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