Burhred

Family: Mercians · Role: king · First appears: A.D. 836–867

Life events

• 853 · Ethelwulf assisted Burhred in subduing North-Wales and made its inhabitants subject to him.(A.D. 836–867 · 📍 North-Wales)
  • With: Ethelwulf
  • “This year Burhred, King of Mercia, with his council, besought King Ethelwulf to assist him to subdue North-Wales. He did so; and with an army marched over Mercia into North-Wales, and made all the inhabitants subject to him.”
• 853 · Burhred married the daughter of Ethelwulf.(A.D. 836–867)
  • With: Ethelwulf
  • “Burhred, the Mercian king, about this time received in marriage the daughter of Ethelwulf, king of the West-Saxons.”
• 874 · The army drove Burhred over sea, and he went to Rome.(A.D. 868–877)
  • “drove the king, Burhred, over sea, when he had reigned about two and twenty winters, and subdued all that land. He then went to Rome”
• 874 · Burhred remained in Rome until the end of his life.(A.D. 868–877 · 📍 Rome)
  • “He then went to Rome, and there remained to the end of his life.”

A.D. 836–867

• allies with Ethelwulf “This year Burhred, King of Mercia, with his council, besought King Ethelwulf to assist him to subdue North-Wales. He did so; and with an army marched over Mercia into North-Wales”

A.D. 868–877

• allies with Ethered “And they went with the West-Saxon army into Mercia as far as Nottingham, and there meeting the army on the works, they beset them within.”
• allies with Alfred “And they went with the West-Saxon army into Mercia as far as Nottingham, and there meeting the army on the works, they beset them within.”
• with Ethered (Burhred sought Ethered's military assistance.) “Burhred, king of the Mercians, with his council, besought Ethered, king of the West-Saxons, and Alfred, his brother; that they would assist them in fighting against the army.”
• with Alfred (Burhred sought Alfred's military assistance.) “Burhred, king of the Mercians, with his council, besought Ethered, king of the West-Saxons, and Alfred, his brother; that they would assist them in fighting against the army.”

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