King Burghred OF MERCIA [7116] 1685
- Born: 830 1685
- Marriage (1): Ęthelswith OF WESSEX Queen of Mercia [7117] in 853 in Chippenham
- Died: 874, Rome, , Lazio, Italy at age 44 1685
- Buried: 874, Sancta Maria (now Santo Spirito in Sassia), Rome, Italy 1685
FamilySearch ID: 9ZCP-HRZ.
General Notes:
Burgred (also Burhred and Burghred) was an Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from 852 to 874.
Burgred became king of Mercia in 852, and may have been related to his predecessor Beorhtwulf. After Easter in 853, Burgred married Ęthelswith, daughter of Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons. The marriage was celebrated at the royal villa of Chippenham in Wessex
In 853 Burgred sent messengers to Ęthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, seeking his help to subjugate the Welsh, who lived between Mercia and the western sea, as they were rebelling against his rule. Immediately King Ęthelwulf advanced with Burgred against the Welsh, and successfully repressed the rebellion.
Twelve years after Burgred's success against the Welsh, in 865, the Great Heathen Army arrived. Following its successful campaigns against East Anglia and Northumbria it advanced through Mercia, arriving in Nottingham in 867. Burgred then appealed to his brothers-in-law King Ęthelred of Wessex and Alfred for assistance against them. The armies of Wessex and Mercia did no serious fighting as Burgred paid them off. In 874 the march of the Vikings from Lindsey to Repton drove Burgred from his kingdom after they sacked Tamworth.
After Burgred left, the Vikings appointed a Mercian Ceolwulf to replace him, demanding oaths of loyalty to them. Burgred retired to Rome and died there. He was buried, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, "in the church of Sancta Maria, in the school of the English nation" (now Santo Spirito in Sassia) in Rome.
Single coins from the reign of Burgred continue to be found but Burgred coins within hoards are less common. In 1998 a hoard with Burgred coins was found by the Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit near Banbury Castle. In December, 2003, silver Burgred coins were found at a site in Yorkshire, which may be the first actual Viking ship burial in England proper.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgred_of_Mercia#Family
Noted events in his life were:
1. Ruled: Mercia, between 852 and 874,. 1686
2. He was buried at the Buried at Santo Spirito in Sassia in Rome, , Lazio, Italy in 874. 1686 Burghred died soon after his arrival in Rome and was buried in "the school of he English nation at the church of Sancta Maria" what is now Santo Spirito in Sassia.
3. Title Of Nobility: King of Mercia, on an unknown date,. 1686
4. Exiled: from Rome, in 874, in Rome, , Lazio, Italy. 1686 Driven from their kingdom in 874 by Vikings; Burghred fled with his wife Ęthelswith to Rome. He died shortly after. Ęthelswith lived on in Italy until 888.
Burghred married Ęthelswith OF WESSEX Queen of Mercia [7117] [MRIN: 5566], daughter of Ęthelwulf King of Wessex [7121] and Queen Osburh [7122], in 853 in Chippenham. (Ęthelswith OF WESSEX Queen of Mercia [7117] was born in 833 in , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England 1685, christened in Wantage, , Berkshire, England,1685 died in 888 in Germany alt. Paris, Īl-de-France, France 1685 and was buried in 888 in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy 1685.)
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