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Burgred (also
Burhred or Burghred; Old English: Burhræd) was an Anglo-Saxon king of
Mercia from 852 to 874.
Burgred became king of
Mercia in 852, and...
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which was
important in the
resistance to
Viking attacks. In 853, King
Burgred of
Mercia requested West
Saxon help to
suppress a
Welsh rebellion, and...
- II (died c. 879) was the last king of
independent Mercia. He
succeeded Burgred of
Mercia who was
deposed by the
Vikings in 874. His
reign is generally...
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Burgred came to the throne, and with
Ethelwulf of Wes****
subjugated North Wales. In 868
Danish invaders occupied Nottingham. The
Danes drove Burgred from...
- She
married King
Burgred of
Mercia in 853. The
couple had no
known children. Her
marriage probably signaled the
subordination of
Burgred to his father-in-law...
- only a year or two older. Alfred's only
known sister, Æthelswith,
married Burgred, king of
Mercia in 853. Most
historians think that
Osburh was the mother...
- Mercia,
capturing the town of Nottingham,
where they
spent the winter. King
Burgred of
Mercia responded by
allying with the West
Saxon king Æthelred of Wes****...
- Nottingham, but the
Danes refused to
leave their fortifications. King
Burgred of
Mercia negotiated peace with Ivar, with the
Danes keeping Nottingham...
- to the
throne of
Mercia and
later its Queen. She has a brother,
Prince Burgred, and a ****tive
illegitimate son with Ragnar, Magnus. She is
stabbed by...
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under Burgred, his
successor as King of Mercia, who
married Æthelwulf's
daughter Æthelswith in 853. In the same year, Æthelwulf ****isted
Burgred in a successful...
