Ruler · 800 – 823
Ceolwulf I of Mercia
Lived 800 – 823; monarch. King of Mercia of Kingdom of Mercia, 821 – 823; also in the line of Kingdom of Kent.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 800 – 823
- 23 years
- In office
- 2 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 2
- states
- Left it
- deposed
- the ruler's own article
King of Mercia
Kingdom of Mercia · the 19th of 28 dated reigns · 515 – 924
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Ceolwulf I of Mercia821 – 8236 after
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Reigned 821 – 823 · 2 years · came to it aged 21
- Came to it
- the sibling of the ruler before, on record
- Left it
- deposedread from the ruler's own article
In 823, sometime after 26 May, on which date he granted land to Archbishop Wulfred in exchange for a gold and silver vessel, Ceolwulf was overthrown.
Also in the line of Kingdom of Kent (12th of 13).
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