- Alhred of Northumbria
Alhred or Alchred was king of
Northumbria from765 to774 . He had married Osgifu, either the daughter of Oswulf, granddaughter of Eadberht Eating, or Eadberht's daughter, and was thus related by marriage toEcgbert, Archbishop of York . A genealogy survives which makes Alhred a descendant ofIda of Bernicia through a son named Eadric.Æthelwald Moll was deposed in
765 and Alhred became king. Little is said of his reign in theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle other than the bare facts that he became king, and was then deposed and exiled in774 .Symeon of Durham 's "Historia Regum Anglorum" reports that he fled to the kingdom of thePicts , where he was received by King Ciniod.Frank Stenton notes Ahlred's connection to the English missions on the continent. The mission of Saint Willehad, which led to the founding of theArchbishopric of Bremen , was authorised by a religious assembly called by Alhred. A letter from Alhred to Saint Lull, Archbishop of Mainz, a native ofWessex , also survives.He was succeeded by Æthelred, son of Æthelwald Moll. Alhred's son Osred would later be king. A second son, Alhmund would be killed in the reign of Eardwulf and develop a cult as Alcmund of Derby.
Further reading
* Anderson, Alan Orr, "Scottish Annals from English Chroniclers A.D. 500 to 1286." David Nutt, London, 1908.
* Higham, N.J., "The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350-1100." Stroud: Sutton, 1993. ISBN 0-86299-730-5
* Kirby, D.P., "The Earliest English Kings." London: Unwin, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445692-1
* Marsden, J., "Northanhymbre Saga: The History of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of Northumbria." London: Cathie, 1992. ISBN 1-85626-055-0
* Stenton, Sir Frank M., "Anglo-Saxon England." Oxford: Oxford UP, 1971 (3rd edn.) ISBN 0-19-280139-2
* Yorke, Barbara, "Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England." London: Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-027-8ee also
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List of monarchs of Northumbria
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