Beornrad of Mercien
Beornrad ( Old English Beornrǣd ) was king of Mercia for a short time in 757 after the murder of Æthelbald .
The ancestry of Beornrad is nowhere mentioned. However, since his name is alliterated with the letter B , it is possible that he came from a rival branch of the royal house of Mercia for the throne. A sign of this is the fact that the first letter of the name of several kings of the 9th century B is. The fact that a rival sideline with relatives within the ruling monarch's bodyguard claims to the throne has parallels to simultaneous events in Northumbria .
In the same year he was defeated and driven out by Offa . Nothing is known about his further fate.
Individual evidence
- ^ FM Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England , p. 206; B. Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England , p. 112
- ↑ ASC , s. a. 757
literature
swell
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: MS A v. 3 , Janet Bately (Ed.), Brewer, Rochester (NY) 1986, ISBN 0-8599-1103-9 .
Secondary literature
- Frank M. Stenton: Anglo-Saxon England . 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford 1971, ISBN 0-1928-0139-2 .
- Ian W. Walker: Mercia and the Making of England. Sutton, Stroud 2000, ISBN 0-7509-2131-5
- Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Æthelbald |
King of Mercien 757 |
Offa |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beornrad of Mercien |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Mercia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century or 9th century |