Wigstan (/ˈwiːstɑːn/, Old English pronunciation: [ˈwiːjˌstɑːn]; died c. 840 AD), also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd...
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the village is the Church of England parish church dedicated to Saint Wigstan of Mercia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle also reports that 873–74 the Great...
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mother of Wigstan. According to Thomas of Marlborough's hagiographical life of Wigstan, when his father King Wigmund died in 840, Wigstan refused to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Norway capture Dublin, and establish a Norse kingdom in Ireland. King Wigstan of Mercia, grandson of former ruler Wiglaf (see 839), declines his kingship...
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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...
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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...
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rather than Queen Emma, also known as Ælfgifu), got the relics of St Wigstan. While some English approved of these policies, which his skalds called...
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daughter of Ceolwulf I of Mercia, wife of Wigmund of Mercia, mother of Wigstan of Mercia Æthelflæd (name) This page or section lists people that share...
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had children, although later chronicles describe him as an ancestor of Wigstan, a 9th-century Mercian king. In 709, Coenred abdicated and went on pilgrimage...
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Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...
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been anything more than a co-ruler with him. He was himself the father of Wigstan who later declined kingship. He married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ceolwulf I...
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sets out the theory whereby Ceolwulf is taken to be a younger brother of Wigstan of Mercia. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, trans. James Ingram, sub anno 874. "MILLIONS...
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Declan Conlon as Lord Wigstan, a relative of Kwenthrith and head of the Royal Family of Mercia. Based on the semi-historical Wigstan. John Kavanagh as Pope...
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wife of Wigmund and mother of Wigstan. Appointed regent by Wigstan. ? Beorhtwulf 840–852 Claimed to be a cousin of Wigstan. Usurped the kingship and forced...
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Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...
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Æthelbald to house the royal mausoleum; other burials there include that of Wigstan. A fragment of a cross shaft from Repton includes on one face a carved...
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it was one of the places where the body of St Wistan or Wigstan rested before burial. Wigstan was a Mercian prince who was assassinated, but was regarded...
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Wigstan (OE male personal name) + OE stow 'a holy place'; 'The holy place of Wigstan'. It is thought to be the site of the martyrdom of Saint Wigstan...
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Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...
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Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...
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Credan, abbot of the abbey during the reign of King Offa of Mercia Saint Wigstan of Mercia (aka Wulstan and Wystan) Saint Odulf, a Frisian saint and missionary...
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Werburgh, Abbess of Ely, died 699, daughter of Wulfhere, king of Mercia Wigstan, Martyr, died 839, grandson of Wiglaf and of Ceolwulf I Wihtberht, Anchorite...
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Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...
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Leintwardine and Wroxeter. The village takes its name from the Anglo-Saxon saint Wigstan who was the grandson of the King of Mercia. He was martyred at this location...
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narrative of the translation of the relics of St Odulph, and the life of St Wigstan. The historian R. R. Darlington felt that the account of Abbot Æthelwig...
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Northampton Rumbold of Buckingham Tibba of Ryhall Werburgh of Chester Wærstan Wigstan of Repton Wulfhild of Barking Northumbrian Acca of Hexham Æbbe "the Elder"...
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