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Beornwulf (died 826) 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...
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Ellendun or
Battle of
Wroughton was
fought between Ecgberht of Wes**** and
Beornwulf of
Mercia in
September 825. Sir
Frank Stenton described it as "one of...
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dominated the
other southern English kingdoms. In 825,
Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia,
ended Mercia's
supremacy at the
Battle of Ellandun, and proceeded...
- He was the
brother of Coenwulf, his predecessor, and was
deposed by
Beornwulf.
William of
Malmesbury declared that,
after Cœnwulf: "the
kingdom of the...
- Wes**** from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht,
defeated King
Beornwulf of Mercia,
ending a long
Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon
England south...
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during this period, however, and in 825
Egbert defeated the
Mercian king
Beornwulf (who had
overthrown Ceolwulf in 823) at Ellendun. The
Battle of Ellendun...
- era is
generally agreed to be
around 825,
following the
defeat of King
Beornwulf at the
Battle of
Ellandun (near present-day Swindon).
Nicholas Brooks...
- the King of
Mercia from 826 to 827. He
became king
after the
death of
Beornwulf in
battle against the
rebellious East Angles, but he too was
killed in...
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Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman II.
Battle of Ellandun: King
Egbert of Wes****
defeats Beornwulf of
Mercia near Swindon. The
battle marks the end of the
Mercian domination...
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commissioned by the
historical King
Wiglaf of
Mercia as a
memorial to King
Beornwulf, at the same time
presenting himself as successor; he had been an ealdorman...
