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    Beorhtwulf (Old English: [ˈbeorˠxtwuɫf], meaning "bright wolf"; also spelled Berhtwulf; died 852) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England...
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    The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th century. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century...
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    Mercian king, Beornred, as well as two subsequent rulers, Beorhtwulf and Burgred— all members of the so-called B-dynasty or group. Though this is only speculation...
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    succeeded by Beorhtwulf, though one tradition records his son, Wigmund as having reigned briefly. Wiglaf is buried at Repton, near Derby. Mercia had been...
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    Ian Beattie (category Place of birth missing (living people))
    projects, including Antigonus in Oliver Stone's Alexander, Beorhtwulf of Mercia in an episode of History Channel's Vikings and Showtime's The Tudors. On...
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    Mercia (/ˈmɜːrʃiə, -ʃə, -siə/, Old English: Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms...
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    Wessex (redirect from Kingdom of Wessex)
    on 350 ships, arrived in the Thames estuary. Having defeated King Beorhtwulf of Mercia in battle, the Danes moved on to invade Wessex, but were decisively...
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    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...
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  • Wigstan (redirect from Wigstan of Mercia)
    head with the shaft of his dagger and his servant ran him through with his sword. Beorhtfrith, son of Beorhtwulf, king of Mercia, unjustly put to death...
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    Ceolwulf I was the King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 821 until his deposition in 823. He was the brother of Coenwulf, his predecessor...
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