Coenred of Northumbria

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Coenred
King of Northumbria
Reign716–718
Predecessor Osred
Successor Osric
Died718

Coenred (sometimes given as Cenred or Kenred) was king of Northumbria from 716 to 718.

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Life

He descended from Ida of Bernicia, and was the first of his branch of the family to rule Northumbria. John of Fordun claims that he and Osric murdered his predecessor Osred. [1] Bede merely mentions that Osred was slain; [2] the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle places it somewhere "on the southern border". [3] [4] William of Malmesbury calls him "a draught from the same cup" as Osred[ citation needed ], which is to say a young man, vigorous, dissolute, cruel and bold.

Coenred claimed descent from Ida of Bernicia. In the Gesta Regum Anglorum, it is written by William of Malmesbury that his brother, Ceolwulf "was the son of Cutha, Cutha of Cuthwin, Cuthwin of Leoldwald, Leoldwald of Egwald, Egwald of Aldhelm, Aldhelm of Ocga, Ocga of Ida, Ida of Eoppa." [5]

He was succeeded by Osric, brother, or half-brother, of Osred. [4] Coenred's brother Ceolwulf became king after Osric. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fordun, John of; Skene, Felix James Henry; Skene, W. F. (William Forbes) (1872). John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish nation. University of California Libraries. Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas.
  2. ↑ the Venerable, Saint Bede (1999). The Ecclesiastical History of the English People: The Greater Chronicle ; Bede's Letter to Egbert. Oxford University Press. p. 286. ISBN   978-0-19-283866-7.
  3. ↑ A History of Northumberland in Three Parts, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1858, p. 98 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. 1 2 3 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Tiger Books International. 1995. p. 60.
  5. ↑ William, of Malmesbury; Mynors, R. A. B. (Roger Aubrey Baskerville); Winterbottom, Michael; Thomson, Rodney M. (1998). Gesta Regum Anglorum: The History of the English Kings, vol. 1.

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716 to 718		Succeeded by
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