Ceolwald
Ceolwald is said to have been king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia for a short time in 716 .
After King Ceolred's death , a Ceolwald (or Ceolwold) is said to have asserted claims to the throne. This is mentioned in Manuscript B and Manuscript C of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, as well as in a version of the so-called Worcester Regnal List .
However, it seems unlikely that this Ceolwald ever existed, and even if his reach for rule was successful, he could only have ruled for a very short time, since all sources date Æthelbald's accession to power in 716.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ASC , s. a. 716; Hemingi Chartularium Wigorniensis , II, 369
literature
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- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 2nd edition, George Norman Garmonsway (Ed.), Dent, London 1953, ISBN 0-4600-0624-X .
- Thomas Hearne (Ed.): Hemingi Chartularium Wigorniensis. Oxford 1723
Secondary literature
- Frank M. Stenton: Anglo-Saxon England . 3rd edition, 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)
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ceolwald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Mercia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century or 8th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century |