Beornred of Mercia

Beornred (Old English: Beornræd) was King of Mercia in 757. Beornred ascended the throne following the murder of King Æthelbald, however, he was defeated by Offa and forced to flee the country. There is very little information about him and mentions about him are commonly brief.

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in 757: "...Æthelbald, king of Mercia, was killed at Seckington, and his body rests at Repton; 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 39 years..."^[1]

See also

• Kings of Mercia family tree

References

1. ↑ ASC manuscript E, 755 (757); translated by Michael Swanton, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1996.

External links

• Beornred 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Monarchs of Mercia Kingdom of Mercia 527–918 Icel Cnebba Cynewald Creoda Pybba Cearl Penda Eowa Peada Oswiu of Northumbria Wulfhere Æthelred I Coenred Ceolred Ceolwald Æthelbald Beornred Offa1 Ecgfrith Coenwulf1 Cynehelm Ceolwulf I1 Beornwulf2 Ludeca Wiglaf Ecgberht of Wessex Wigmund Wigstan Ælfflæd Beorhtwulf Burgred Ceolwulf II Æthelred II3 Æthelflæd3 Ælfwynn3 Later monarchs Æthelstan4 Eadgar4 1Also King of Kent and East Anglia 2Also King of East Anglia 3Recognising West Saxon overlordship 4King of Mercia during the temporary separation of Mercia and Wessex