Rædwulf

Rædwulf had this styca minted by the mint master Forthræd in York

Rædwulf (also Raedwulf, Redulf ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria for a short time in 844 or 858 .

Life

Nothing is known about his ancestry, but it is possible that he is a relative of Osberht and Ælle , who were to become king after him.

The timing of his reign is not entirely clear. Older research suggested 844, but more recent research by Kirby and Rollason points to 858.

Rædwulf was crowned king after Æthelred II , the son of Eanred , had been deposed. There are coins found that testify to his rule, but apart from the report in the Flores Historiarum , which tells that he fell in battles against Vikings at Alutthelia (Elvet near Durham ) that same year , nothing is known about him. After Rædwulf's brief reign, Æthelred was reinstated on the throne.

The stycas (silver coins with a very low fineness) minted by Rædwulf were of such poor material quality that they can be called brass currency . Despite his short reign, over 80 of his stycas have been preserved.

swell

• Roger von Wendover : Flores Historiarum

literature

• 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)
• DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 .

Web links

• David W. Rollason: Eardwulf (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2012
• Rædwulf in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} David W. Rollason: Eardwulf ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2012
2. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of the Northumbrians . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 502-505.
3. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 163.
4. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 158.
5. ^ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , p. 97.
6. ↑ Website ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Fitzwilliam Museum 

predecessor	Office	successor
Æthelred II.	King of Northumbria 844 or 858	Æthelred II.