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    Beornwulf; Old English for "Bear Wolf"; (died 826) was the King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 823 until his death in 826. His short...
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    Ellendun or Battle of Wroughton was fought between Ecgberht of Wessex 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...
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    He was the brother of Coenwulf, his predecessor, and was deposed by Beornwulf. William of Malmesbury declared that, after Cœnwulf: "the kingdom of the...
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    Wessex 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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    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...
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    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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    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...
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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...
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    26th year of the 9th century, and the 7th year of the 820s decade. King Beornwulf of Mercia invades East Anglia, but is killed in battle. He is succeeded...
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    and 869, following an East Anglian revolt in which the Mercian king, Beornwulf, was killed, the East Angles again regained their independence. In 869...
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    overturned the political order of England by decisively defeating King Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellendun and seizing control of Surrey, Sussex, Kent and...
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    Æthelred I [s] Æthelberht II Offa [km] Eadwald Cœnwulf [km] Ceolwulf [km] Beornwulf [m] Æthelstan Æthelweard Edmund the Martyr Oswald [s] Æthelred II [s]...
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    was now subordinate to the same. After the defeat of the Mercian king Beornwulf around AD 825, Sigered, the last king of Essex, ceded the kingdom which...
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    king. He reigned for only two years before being deposed. The next king, Beornwulf, was of no known royal line, though it has been conjectured on the basis...
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    8 1⁄2, waste 13 1⁄2, waste 3, waste PREVIOUS Beornwulf Beornwulf Beornwulf Beornwulf Beornwulf Beornwulf Gamal CURRENT William de Percy William de Percy...
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  • Æthelred I [s] Æthelberht II Offa [km] Eadwald Cœnwulf [km] Ceolwulf [km] Beornwulf [m] Æthelstan Æthelweard Edmund the Martyr Oswald [s] Æthelred II [s]...
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    Æthelred I [s] Æthelberht II Offa [km] Eadwald Cœnwulf [km] Ceolwulf [km] Beornwulf [m] Æthelstan Æthelweard Edmund the Martyr Oswald [s] Æthelred II [s]...
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    Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman II. Battle of Ellandun: King Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia near Swindon. The battle marks the end of the Mercian domination...
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    to 852. His ancestry is unknown, though he may have been connected to Beornwulf, who ruled Mercia in the 820s. Almost no coins were issued by Beorhtwulf's...
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    Kenelm). 812 Ceolwulf I 821–823 Brother of Cœnwulf. Deposed by Beornwulf. ? Beornwulf 823–826 Conjectured kinsman of Beornred. Killed in battle against...
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    Ceolwulf I, king of Mercia, had ruled Kent directly, and was deposed by Beornwulf in 823, and at about the same time moneyers at Canterbury started issuing...
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    power in the Holy Roman Empire). King Ceolwulf I of Mercia is deposed by Beornwulf, who takes the throne of Mercia. During his rule he rebuilds the Abbey...
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  • and of Mercia Ceolwulf, King (821–823), also King of Kent and of Mercia Beornwulf, King (823–826), also King of Mercia Æthelstan, King post-827–840s) Æthelweard...
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    Æthelred I [s] Æthelberht II Offa [km] Eadwald Cœnwulf [km] Ceolwulf [km] Beornwulf [m] Æthelstan Æthelweard Edmund the Martyr Oswald [s] Æthelred II [s]...
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  • Æthelred I [s] Æthelberht II Offa [km] Eadwald Cœnwulf [km] Ceolwulf [km] Beornwulf [m] Æthelstan Æthelweard Edmund the Martyr Oswald [s] Æthelred II [s]...
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  • II, but are defeated. 825 Battle of Ellandun Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia, ending Mercian supremacy. 829 Battle of Thasos The Cretan Saracens...
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    the Mercians came to an end in 825, when they were soundly beaten under Beornwulf at the Battle of Ellendun by Egbert of Wessex. Christianity had been introduced...
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    Æthelstan was probably the king who defeated and killed the Mercian kings Beornwulf (d. 826) and Ludeca (d. 827). He may have attempted to seize power in...
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  • Berengar, Berahart/Bernhard/Bernard, Berhildis, Berahoch, Bermar, Berimund, Beornwulf cf. Beonna, Berig bil blade, sword Y Biligrim, Bilihelm, Bilihild, Billfrith...
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