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Beorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also
spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the King of Wes**** from 786 to 802,
succeeding Cynewulf.
During his rule...
- in the
Frankish Empire by the
kings Offa of
Mercia and
Beorhtric of Wes****, but on
Beorhtric's death in 802,
Ecgberht returned and took the throne. Little...
- of King Offa of
Mercia and
Queen Cynethryth. She was the wife of King
Beorhtric of Wes****, and
according to ****er's Life of
Alfred the
Great she killed...
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England in his
youth by Offa and
Beorhtric, Ecgberht's
predecessor as king of Wes****. The
Chronicle states that
Beorhtric helped Offa
because he was married...
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Beorhtwulf and his wife, Sæthryth, may have had two sons,
Beorhtfrith and
Beorhtric.
Beorhtric is
known from
witnessing his father's charters, but he
ceased to...
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Cynewulf King of Wes****
Reign 757–786
Predecessor Sigeberht Successor Beorhtric Died 786
Burial Winchester House Wes****...
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extended Mercian Supremacy over most of
southern England,
allying with
Beorhtric of Wes****, who
married Offa's
daughter Eadburh, and
regained complete...
- Ecgberht,
later to be King of Wes****,
while he was
exiled in West
Francia by
Beorhtric of Wes**** and Offa of Mercia; the two
later married.
According to historians...
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considered by some
historians to have been part of the same
dynasty as
Beorhtric of Wes****, as well as
several other prominent Anglo-Saxon
nobles whose...
- of King Offa of
Mercia (reigned 757–796, his death) and wife of King
Beorhtric of Wes**** (reigned 786–802) Eadburh, died c. 890,
mother of Ealhswith...
