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Burgred (also
Burhred or Burghred; Old English: Burhræd) was an Anglo-Saxon king of
Mercia from 852 to 874.
Burgred became king of
Mercia in 852, and...
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which was
important in the
resistance to
Viking attacks. In 853, King
Burgred of
Mercia requested West
Saxon help to
suppress a
Welsh rebellion, and...
- II (died c. 879) was the last king of
independent Mercia. He
succeeded Burgred of
Mercia who was
deposed by the
Vikings in 874. His
reign is generally...
- Mercia,
capturing the town of Nottingham,
where they
spent the winter. King
Burgred of
Mercia responded by
allying with the West
Saxon king Æthelred of Wes****...
- She
married King
Burgred of
Mercia in 853. The
couple had no
known issue. Her
marriage probably signaled the
subordination of
Burgred to his father-in-law...
- Beorhtwulf's death, the
Welsh rebelled against Burgred and were
subdued by an
alliance between Burgred and Æthelwulf. The
synod at
Croft held by Wiglaf...
- only a year or two older. Alfred's only
known sister, Æthelswith,
married Burgred, king of
Mercia in 853. Most
historians think that
Osburh was the mother...
- They then
moved on Mercia,
where they
spent the
winter of 867–868. King
Burgred of
Mercia was
joined by King Æthelred of Wes**** and his brother, the ****ure...
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Burgred came to the throne, and with
Ethelwulf of Wes****
subjugated North Wales. In 868
Danish invaders occupied Nottingham. The
Danes drove Burgred from...
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following campaigning season it
seems to have
subdued much of Mercia.
Burgred, the king of Mercia, fled
overseas and Coelwulf,
described in the Anglo-Saxon...
