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Cynethryth (Cyneðryð; died
after AD 798) was a
Queen of Mercia, wife of King Offa of
Mercia and
mother of King
Ecgfrith of Mercia.
Cynethryth is the only...
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contemporary Frankish coinage. Some of his
coins carry images of his wife,
Cynethryth—the only Anglo-Saxon
queen ever
depicted on a coin. Only
three gold coins...
- Eadburg, (fl. 787–802) was the
daughter of King Offa of
Mercia and
Queen Cynethryth. She was the wife of King
Beorhtric of Wes****, and
according to ****er's...
- He was the son of Offa, one of the most
powerful kings of Mercia, and
Cynethryth, his wife. In 787,
Ecgfrith was
consecrated king, the
first known consecration...
- from Penda, but it
might also be Wiglaf's wife,
Cynethryth, who was
descended from Penda.
Cynethryth's name is
known from two of Wiglaf's charters, dated...
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Reign 685–688
Predecessor Centwine Successor Ine Born c. 659 Died 20
April 689 (aged 29–30), Rome,
Italy Spouse Cynethryth House Wes****
Father Coenberht...
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Canterbury in an act of penance.
After Offa's
death in 796, his
widow Cynethryth became the abbess. At the
synod of Clofesho,
which took
place somewhere...
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Latinisation of the Anglo-Saxon
female names Cynethryth and Cwenthryth, may
refer to:
Cynethryth (fl. 770–798), wife of King Offa of
Mercia Cwenthryth...
- Iurminburh. – no
earlier than c. 676 no
later than c. 686 –
Centwine Cynethryth – no
earlier than 685 no
later than 688 – Cædwalla Æthelburg – c. 688...
- Ælfflæd was a
daughter of Offa of
Mercia and
Cynethryth. She may have
witnessed a
charter with her father, mother, and
brother Ecgfrith in the 770s. She...
