-
Wigstan (/ˈwiːstɑːn/, Old
English pronunciation: [ˈwiːjˌstɑːn]; died c. 840 AD), also
known as
Saint Wystan, was the son of
Wigmund of
Mercia and Ælfflæd...
-
village is the
Church of
England parish church dedicated to
Wystan (or
Wigstan) of Mercia. The Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle also
reports that 873–874 the Great...
- he
could become king. This was
opposed by
Wigstan, the son of
Wigmund and Ælfflæd, and
Berhtfrith slew
Wigstan in 849. However,
there is no
record outside...
-
mother of
Wigstan.
According to
Thomas of Marlborough's
hagiographical life of
Wigstan, when his
father King
Wigmund died in 840,
Wigstan refused to...
-
Norway capture Dublin, and
establish a
Norse kingdom in Ireland. King
Wigstan of Mercia,
grandson of
former ruler Wiglaf (see 839),
declines his kingship...
-
listed building, and is
dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon
Saint Wystan (or
Wigstan), who was
formerly buried within the church's crypt. The Anglo-Saxon abbey...
- 839.
Wiglaf was
succeeded to the
Mercian throne by his grandson,
Wigstan. King
Wigstan was
murdered in 840, and his
remains were also
placed within the...
-
sources which describe his
murder of
Wigstan, the
grandson of Wiglaf, in a
dispute over Beorhtfrith's plan to
marry Wigstan's widowed mother Ælfflæd. Beorhtwulf's...
- Kalf to kill Bjorn. He is
killed by
Bjorn himself.
Declan Conlon as Lord
Wigstan,
Queen Kwenthrith's
second cousin and the head of the
Royal Family of Mercia...
-
Mercia and the
genealogy of
several of the
kings of this time is unknown.
Wigstan, his grandson, was
later recorded as a
descendant of
Penda of Mercia, so...
