Burgred

Burgred

▪ king of Mercia
died c. 874, /875

      king of Mercia (from 852/853) who was driven out by the Danes and went to Rome.

      In 852 or 853 he called upon Aethelwulf of Wessex to aid him in subduing the North Welsh. The request was granted and the campaign proved successful, the alliance being sealed by the marriage of Burgred to Aethelswith, daughter of Aethelwulf. In 868 the Mercian king appealed to Aethelred and Alfred for assistance against the Danes, who were in possession of Nottingham. The armies of Wessex and Mercia did no serious fighting; the Danes were allowed to remain through the winter and in 872 occupied London. In 874 the march of the Danes from Lindsey to Repton drove Burgred from his kingdom. He retired to Rome and died there.

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