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Beornred (Old English: Beornrǣd) (?-757) was a
Mercian Thane who was
briefly King of
Mercia in 757.
Beornred ascended the
throne following the
murder of...
- Æthelbald was
initially succeeded by
Beornred,
about whom
little is known. The
continuation of Bede
comments that
Beornred "ruled for a
little while, and unhappily"...
- Æthelbald was
killed in 757 by his bodyguards. He was
succeeded briefly by
Beornred, of whom
little is known, but
within a year, Offa, the
grandson of Æthelbald's...
- Ceolred, King (709–716) Ceolwald, King (c.716 ) Æthelbald, King (716–757)
Beornred, King (757) Offa, King (757–796), also King of Kent and of East Anglia...
- However,
Beornwulf may be
distantly related to a
prior Mercian king,
Beornred, as well as two
subsequent rulers,
Beorhtwulf and Burgred— all members...
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Beornrad (also
spelled Beornred; died 797) was
Archbishop of Sens from 785/6
until his death. He was Alcuin's
cousin and was also
related to Willibrord...
- ********inated in 757, and was
briefly succeeded by
Beornred, but
within a year Offa
ousted Beornred and took the
throne for himself. Offa's
daughter Eadburh...
- that
Beonna and
Beornred were the same person, they
suggested that
after Ælfwald's
death in 749, Æthelbald of
Mercia installed Beornred/Beonna to rule...
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Proclaimed himself King of
Britain in 736.
Murdered by his bodyguards. 757
Beornred 757 No
known relation to his predecessors.
Deposed by Offa. ? Offa 757–796...
- by
Arthur Blomfield. King Æthelbald of
Mercia was
buried here in 757.
Beornred of
Mercia was
buried here
Russell Osman,
Ipswich Town &
international footballer...
