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Ludeca of Mercia

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King of Mercia from 826 to 827

Ludeca
Silverpenny of Ludeca from the London mint. Legend:lvdica rex mer
King of Mercia
Reign	826–827
Predecessor	Beornwulf
Successor	Wiglaf

Died	827

Ludeca orLudica (died 827) was the King ofMercia from 826 to 827.^[1] He became king after the death ofBeornwulf in battle against the rebelliousEast Angles, but he too was killed in another failed attempt to subjugate them in the following year.

TheAnglo-Saxon Chronicle simply states that Ludeca "was slain, and his fiveEaldormen with him", butFlorence of Worcester (who, incidentally, carries the same two-year error as the earlier 'Chronicles' - both place this event in 825 instead of 827) fleshes out the story: "Ludecan, king of the Mercians, mustered his forces and led an army into the province of the East Angles, for the purpose of taking vengeance for the death of king Beornulf, his predecessor. He was quickly met by the natives and their king, who in a severe battle slew him and five of his Ealdormen, and very many of his troops, and put to flight the remainder.Wiglaf succeeded to his splendid kingdom."

Prior to Ludeca's rule, he was mentioned in two charters from 824 as adux under Beornwulf. TheFitzwilliam Museum also holds a silver penny minted during Ludeca's reign, thought to have been minted atIpswich by a moneyer named Wærbeald.

In 2016, a coin establishing Ludeca's rule over London in 826 was found. Prior to the discovery, it had been thought that Wessex took London from the Mercians at theBattle of Ellandun in 825.^[2]

References

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^Yorke, Barbara (1990).Kings And Kingdoms Of early Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge. p. 103.
^"Treasure hunter proves experts wrong over Saxon coin and rewrites history".The Telegraph. 31 January 2020.

External links

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Ludeca 1 atProsopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Preceded by

Beornwulf

King of Mercia
826–827

Succeeded by

Wiglaf

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

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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	Norman Conquest
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