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Beornred of Mercia

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King of Mercia in 757

Beornred
King of Mercia
Reign	757
Predecessor	Æthelbald
Successor	Offa

Died	757
House	Unknown

Beornred (Old English:Beornrǣd) (? – 757) was a MercianThane who was brieflyKing of Mercia in 757.^[1] Beornred ascended the throne following the murder of KingÆthelbald.^[2] However, he was defeated byOffa and forced to flee the country, and was killed that same year.^[1] There is very little information about him, and the mentions of him are commonly brief.

According to theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle, in 757: "...Æthelbald, king of Mercia, was killed atSeckington, and his body rests atRepton; and he ruled 41 years. And then Beornred succeeded to the kingdom, and held it a little while and unhappily; and that same year Offa put Beornred to flight and succeeded to the kingdom, and held it for 39 years..."^[3] According toIngulf, an 11th-century Benedictine abbot, Beornred was regarded as a tyrant, whileRoger of Wendover, a thirteenth-century chronicler, states that he was an unjust king and that the people of Mercia rose in rebellion against him.^[1]^[4] He was possibly involved in his predecessor's death.^[5] According to ProfessorMichelle P. Brown, Beornred has been considered by some historians to have been part of the same dynasty asBeorhtric of Wessex, as well as several other prominent Anglo-Saxon nobles whose names begin with the letter B.^[6]

References

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^^a ^b ^cGlover, Stephen (1829). Thomas Noble (ed.).The History of the County of Derby: drawn up from actual observation, and from the best authorities. H. Mosley & Son. p. 327.OCLC 3618252.
^Mark, Joshua J. (30 November 2018)."Kingdom of Mercia".World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved23 March 2021.
^Michael Swanton, ed. (1996) [1116]. "manuscript E, 755 (757)".The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.Orion Publishing.ISBN 978-0460877374.
^Whitehead, Annie (2018).Mercia: The Rise and Fall of a Kingdom.Amberley Publishing.ISBN 9781445676531.
^Ryan, M.J.;Higham, Nicholas J. (2013).The Anglo-Saxon World.Yale University Press. p. 186.ISBN 9780300125344.
^Brown, Michelle P.; Farr, Carol Ann (2001).Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe.Leicester University Press. p. 317.ISBN 9780718502317.

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Beornred 1 atProsopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Titles of nobility

Preceded by

Æthelbald

King of Mercia
757

Succeeded by

Offa

v t e Monarchs of Mercia
Kingdom of Mercia 527–918	Icel Cnebba Cynewald Creoda Pybba Cearl Penda Eowa Peada Oswiu Wulfhere Æthelred I Coenred Ceolred Ceolwald Æthelbald Beornred Offa¹ Ecgfrith Coenwulf¹ Cynehelm Ceolwulf I¹ Beornwulf² Ludeca Wiglaf Ecgberht Wigmund Wigstan Beorhtwulf Burgred Ceolwulf II Æthelred II³ Æthelflæd³ Ælfwynn³	Offa (757–796)
Later monarchs	Æthelstan⁴ Eadgar⁴	Offa (757–796)
¹Also King ofKent andEast Anglia ²Also King of East Anglia ³RecognisingWest Saxon overlordship ⁴King of Mercia during the temporary separation of Mercia and Wessex

Rulers ofmedieval England

Territories/dates^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]	Northumbria		Mercia	Wessex	Sussex	Kent	Essex	East Anglia
450–600	Sub-Roman Britain
450–600	Kingdom of Bernicia Esa EoppaIda Glappa Adda Æthelric Theodric Frithuwald Hussa	Kingdom of Deira Ælla Æthelric	Kingdom of Mercia Icel Cnebba CynewaldCreoda Pybba Cearl Penda Eowa Peada	Kingdom of theGewisse Cerdic Cynric Ceawlin Ceol Ceolwulf Cynegils Cwichelm Cenwalh	Kingdom of the South Saxons Ælle Cissa Æthelwealh	Kingdom of the Kentish Hengest Horsa OiscOcta Eormenric Æðelberht I Eadbald Eorcenberht Eormenred Ecgberht I Hlothhere	Kingdom of the East Saxons Æscwine Sledd Sæberht Sexred Sæward Sigeberht the Little Sigeberht the Good Swithhelm Sighere Sæbbi Sigeheard Swæfred Offa Saelred Swæfberht Swithred Sigeric Sigered	Kingdom of the East Angles Wehha Wuffa Tytila Rædwald Eorpwald Ricberht Sigeberht Ecgric Anna Æthelhere Æthelwold Ealdwulf Ælfwald Beonna Alberht Æthelred I Æthelberht II
600–616	Æthelfrith
616–632	Edwin
632–634	Eanfrith	Osric
633–644	Oswald Oswiu
645–648	Oswiu	Oswine		Penda
648–651		Oswine		Cenwalh SeaxburhCenfus of WessexÆscwineCentwine Kingdom of the West Saxons Cædwalla Ine Æthelheard Cuthred Sigeberht Cynewulf Beorhtric Ecgberht
651–654		Œthelwald
655–658	Kingdom of Northumbria Oswiu Ecgfrith Aldfrith Eadwulf I Osred I Coenred Osric Ceolwulf Eadberht Oswulf Æthelwald Moll Alhred Æthelred I Ælfwald I Osred II Æthelred I Osbald Eardwulf Ælfwald II Eardwulf Eanred Æthelred II Rædwulf Æthelred II Osberht Ælla Osberht		Oswiu
658–685			Wulfhere Æthelred I Cœnred CeolredCeolwaldÆthelbald Beornred Offa Ecgfrith Coenwulf Kenelm Ceolwulf I Beornwulf Ludeca Wiglaf
685–686					Eadric
686–771					Ecgwald Berthun Andhun Nothhelm Watt Bryni Osric Æthelstan Æthelbert	Mul Swæfheard Swæfberht Oswine Wihtred Alric Eadbert I Æðelbert II Eardwulf Eadberht II Sigered Eanmund Heabert Ecgbert II Ealhmund
771–785					Offa
785–794					Offa
794–796					Offa			Offa
796–800					Eadberht III Præn Cuthred			Eadwald
800–807					Eadberht III Præn Cuthred			Coenwulf Ceolwulf I Beornwulf
807–823					Coenwulf Ceolwulf I Beornwulf
823–825				Ecgberht
825–826							Ecgberht
826–829							Ecgberht	Æthelstan Æthelweard Edmund Oswald Æthelred II Guthrum Eohric Æthelwold Guthrum II
829–830			Ecgberht				Sigeric II
830–837			Wiglaf Wigmund Wigstan Ælfflæd Beorhtwulf Burgred Ceolwulf II Æthelred Æthelflæd Ælfwynn				Sigeric II
837–839				Ecgberht Æthelwulf Æthelbald Æthelberht Æthelred I Alfred the Great
867–872	Northern Northumbria Ecgberht I	Southern Northumbria Military conquest by theGreat Heathen Army
872–875	Ricsige
875–886	Ecgberht Eadwulf II	Halfdan Ragnarsson Guthred Siefredus Cnut Æthelwold Eowils and Halfdan
886–910	Ecgberht Eadwulf II			Kingdom of England Alfred the Great Edward the Elder
910–918	Eadwulf II Ealdred I			Kingdom of England Alfred the Great Edward the Elder
918–927	Ealdred I Adulf mcEtulfe	Ragnall ua Ímair Sitric Cáech Gofraid ua Ímair	Edward the Elder Æthelstan
927–934	Ealdred I Adulf mcEtulfe	Æthelstan
934–939	Æthelstan
939–944	Olaf Guthfrithson Amlaíb Cuarán Sitric II Ragnall Guthfrithson		Edmund I
944–946	Edmund I
947–954	Osulf I	Eric Bloodaxe Amlaíb Cuarán Eric Bloodaxe	Eadred
955–1013	Eadwig Edgar Edward the Martyr Æthelred the Unready
1013–1014	House of Knýtlinga Sweyn Forkbeard
1014–1016	House of Wessex Æthelred the Unready Edmund Ironside
1016–1042	House of Knýtlinga Cnut Harold Harefoot Harthacnut
1042–1066	House of Wessex Edward the Confessor
1066	House of Godwin Harold Godwinson
1066–1135	House of Normandy William I William II Henry I
1135–1154	House of Blois Stephen
1154–1399	House of Plantagenet Henry II Richard I John Henry III Edward I Edward II Edward III Richard II
1399–1461	House of Lancaster Henry IV Henry V Henry VI
1461–1470	House of York Edward IV
1470–1471	House of Lancaster Henry VI
1471–1485	House of York Edward IV Edward V Richard III
1485–1603	Tudor period
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