- Ceolwald of Mercia
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Ceolwald may have been King of Mercia circa 716.
King Ceolred of Mercia, a grandson of Penda died in 716 of a fit. Most Mercian king-lists have Ceolred succeeded by Æthelbald, who was not a descendant of Penda. However, one version of the Worcester Cathedral lists has Ceolred succeeded by Ceolwald.
From the similarity of their names, Ceolwald is thought to have been Ceolred's brother, and thus the last of Penda's direct descendants to have ruled in Mercia.
Ceolwald can only have been king for a short time as Æthelbald appears to have become king in the year of Ceolred's death.
See also
References
- Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445691-3
- Yorke, Barbara, Kings and Kingdoms in Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-027-8
Monarchs of Mercia Kingdom of Mercia
527–918Icel • Cnebba • Cynewald • Creoda • Pybba • Cearl • Penda • Eowa • Peada • Oswiu of Northumbria • Wulfhere • Æthelred I • Coenred • Ceolred • Ceolwald • Æthelbald • Beornred • Offa1 • Ecgfrith • Coenwulf1 • Cynehelm • Ceolwulf I1 • Beornwulf2 • Ludeca • Wiglaf • Ecgberht of Wessex • Wigmund • Wigstan • Ælfflæd • Beorhtwulf • Burgred • Ceolwulf II • Æthelred II3 • Æthelflæd3 • Ælfwynn3
Later monarchs Æthelstan4 • Eadgar41Also King of Kent and East Anglia. 2Also King of East Anglia. 3Recognising West Saxon overlordship.
4Titular King of Mercia following the creation of the Kingdom of England.Categories:- Mercian monarchs
- 8th-century rulers in Europe
- 8th-century English people
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