Dictionary definition: Æthelbald

Encyclopedia entry: Æthelbald
The Oxford Companion to British History;      380 words ...Æthelbald (d. 757), king of Mercia ... to the young Æthelbald's being driven into exile in the reign of his second cousin Ceolred, and to his succeeding ... weighty about Æthelbald's success as king. Writing ...

Encyclopedia entry: Æthelbald
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      358 words ...Æthelbald , d. 757, king of Mercia (716-57), grandson of a brother of Penda. He spent years in exile before he became king. A strong ...

Encyclopedia entry: Cuthred
The Oxford Companion to British History;      334 words ... ... x2013;56). When Cuthred succeeded, King Æthelbald of Mercia dominated the southern English kingdoms. In 743 ... fight for his king in 752, when Cuthred defeated Æthelbald at Burford , the site of which is uncertain. This victory ...

Encyclopedia entry: Æthelwulf
The Oxford Companion to British History;      454 words ... ... In 855 he yielded his authority to his eldest son Æthelbald, and went on pilgrimage to Rome, possibly accompanied by ... effectively to the south-east until his death in 858. Æthelbald then succeeded to the whole kingdom, and also, in spite of ...

Encyclopedia entry: Guthlac, St
The Oxford Companion to British History;      396 words ... ... Ecburh, daughter of Aldwulf of East Anglia, and Æthelbald , future king of Mercia, whose accession Guthlac prophesied. Guthlac's support was exploited in Æthelbald's promotion of his cult. Crowland abbey developed from ...

Dictionary definition: Mercia, kingdom of
A Dictionary of British History;      593 words ... ... Northumbria, and probably some British kingdoms as well. The 8th cent. was dominated by two very powerful kings Æthelbald (716–57) and Offa (757–96), both of whom claimed descent from Penda's brother Eowa. They attempted ...

Dictionary definition: Hwicce, kingdom of the
A Dictionary of British History;      311 words ... ... with several instances of joint rule by brothers. The Hwicce seem to have come increasingly under Mercian domination and the last independent Hwiccian rulers appear as subordinates in the charters of Æthelbald and Offa of Mercia .