Ludeca

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The British Isles at the beginning of the 9th century

Ludeca († 827 ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia from 826 to 827. After the death of King Beornwulfs in 826, who had fallen during a campaign against the rebellious Ostangling , Ludeca was raised to King of the Mercier. Before his accession to the throne, Ludeca appeared in two documents of Beornwulf as dux ( Ealdorman ). According to Stenton, Ludeca was the first ruler of Mercia who did not come from the original royal family of Mercias. In a later source, Ludeca is referred to as a relative of his predecessor Beornwulfs, suggesting that he was familial with the original royal line. Just a year later, he was killed during a battle in which he was fighting the still insurgent Ostangels.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ B. Yorke, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England , p. 120
  2. ^ FM Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England , p. 232
  3. Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis , vol. 1, p. 266
  4. ^ DP Kirby, The Earliest English Kings , p. 157
  5. ASC A , see 825

literature

source

  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: MS A v. 3 , Janet Bately (Ed.), Brewer, Rochester (NY) 1986, ISBN 0-8599-1103-9 .
  • Florentii Wigorniensis Monachi Chronicon ex Chronicis , vol. 1, Benjamin Thorpe (ed.), Sumptibus Societatis, London 1848

Secondary literature

predecessor Office successor
Beornwulf King of Mercien
826–827
Wiglaf