BURGRED
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 820
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
BURGRED
, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Mercia, succeeded to the See also:throne in 852, and in 852 or 853 called upon JEthelwulf of Wessex to aid him in subduing the See also:North Welsh
.
The See also:request was granted and the See also:campaign proved successful, the See also:alliance being sealed by the See also:marriage of Burgred to sEthelswith, daughter of IEthelwulf
.
In 868 the Mercian king appealed to 'See also:Ethelred and See also:Alfred for assistance against the Danes, who were in See also:possession of Notting-See also:ham
.
The armies of Wessex and Mercia did no serious fighting, and the Danes were allowed to remain through the See also:winter
.
In 874 the See also:march of the Danes from See also:Lindsey to See also:Repton drove Burgred from his See also:kingdom
.
He retired to See also:Rome and died there
.
See Saxon See also:Chronicle (See also:Earle and Plummer), years 852-853, 868, 874
.
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