Wigstan of Mercia

Wigstan of Mercia

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Wigstan (died 840), also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd, daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia.

Wigstan may have been sub-king, or ealdorman, of the Hwicce, and may have ruled Mercia in 839 and 840. Wigstan was killed by his successor, Beorhtwulf, who is said to have been his godfather. The cause of the dispute was Beorhtwulf's plan to marry his son Beorhtfrith to Wigstan's mother. Wigstan objected to the marriage, and Beorhtwulf's response was to have him killed at a meeting.

Wigstan's remains were reburied at Repton in 849, where his grandfather King Wiglaf was also buried, and a cult developed soon after. Repton became a centre of pilgrimage as a result. In the reign of Cnut the Great, his relics were translated to Evesham.

Of later kings of Mercia, Ceolwulf II is thought to be related to Wigstan, although the precise relationship is not known.

References

* Walker, Ian, "Mercia and the Making of England."
* Yorke, Barbara, "Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England." London: Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-027-8
* Zaluckij, Sarah, "Mercia: the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Central England." Logaston: Logaston Press, 2001. ISBN 1-873827-62-8


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