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Burgred or
Burhred or
Burghred was the king of
Mercia (
852 -
874). He succeeded to the throne in
852, and in 852 or
853 called upon
Ethelwulf of Wessex to aid him in subduing northern
Wales. The request was granted and the campaign proved successful, the alliance being sealed by the marriage of Burgred to Aelthelswith, daughter of Ethelwulf. In
868 the Mercian king appealed to
Ethelred of Wessex and his brother,
Alfred the Great for assistance against the
Danes, who were in possession of
Nottingham. The armies of
Wessex and Mercia did no serious fighting, and the Danes were allowed to remain through the winter. In
874 the march of the Danes from
Lindsey to
Repton drove Burgred from his kingdom. They appointed a Mercian ealdorman
Ceolwulf to replace him, demanding oaths of loyalty to the Danes. Burgred retired to
Rome and died there. He was buried, according to the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, "in the church of Sancta Maria, in the school of the
English nation" in Rome.
Burgred is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the years 852, 853, 868, and 874.
Coins from the reign of Burgred — all bearing the spelling
Burgred — have been found in several hoards. In December,
2003, silver coins from the reign of King Burgred were found at a site in
Yorkshire, which may be the first actual
Viking ship burial in England proper.
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