Ethelbald

Role: king · First appears: A.D. 685–721

Life events

• 733 · Ethelbald took Somerton.(A.D. 722–760 · 📍 Somerton)
  • “This year Ethelbald took Somerton”
• 737 · Ethelbald ravaged the land of the Northumbrians.(A.D. 722–760)
  • “The same year also Ethelbald ravaged the land of the Northumbrians.”
• 750 · Cuthred fought Ethelbald at Burford and put him to flight.(A.D. 722–760 · 📍 Burford)
  • With: Cuthred
  • “Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought at Burford with Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, and put him to flight.”
• 755 · Ethelbald was slain; Bernred succeeded him, but Offa put Bernred to flight and assumed the government.(A.D. 722–760 · 📍 Seckington)
  • With: Bernred Offa
  • “The same year Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, was slain at Seckington; and his body lies at Repton. He reigned one and forty years; and Bernred then succeeded to the kingdom, which he held but a little while, and unprosperously; for King Offa the same year put him to flight, and assumed the government”

A.D. 685–721

• parent: Alwy “Ethelbald was the son of Alwy, Alwy of Eawa, Eawa of Webba, whose genealogy is already written.”

A.D. 722–760

• enemies with Cuthred “This year, the twelfth of his reign, Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought at Burford with Ethelbald, king of the Mercians, and put him to flight.”
• allies with Cuthred “This year Ethelbald, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of the West-Saxons, fought with the Welsh.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.