Bernred

Role: king · First appears: A.D. 722–760

Life events

• 755 · Ethelbald was slain; Bernred succeeded him, but Offa put Bernred to flight and assumed the government.(A.D. 722–760 · 📍 Seckington)
  • With: Ethelbald 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. 722–760

• enemies with Offa “for King Offa the same year put him to flight, and assumed the government”

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