{"slug": "coenwulf-of-mercia", "label": "Coenwulf of Mercia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenwulf_of_Mercia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q762675", "qid": "Q762675", "description": "King of Mercia from 796 to 821", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [796, 821], "span_label": ["796 CE", "821 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}], "related": [{"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-kent", "label": "Kingdom of Kent", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwynedd", "label": "Kingdom of Gwynedd", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "archbishop-of-canterbury", "label": "Archbishop of Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monastery", "label": "Monastery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-essex", "label": "Kingdom of Essex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 796, "year_label": "796 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Offa of Mercia and Charlemagne seal a trading agreement, and a marriage alliance is proposed. However, Offa dies after a 39-year reign, that has incorporated Kent, Essex, Sussex, and East Anglia into the Mercian realm. Offa is buried at Bedford, and succeeded for a short time by his son Ecgfrith, and then a distant cousin, Coenwulf.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907018#Britain", "title": "796", "revid": 1364907018, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 797, "year_label": "797 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Rhuddlan: Welsh forces, including those of Powys and Dyfed, clash with Mercians. King Coenwulf tries to re-assert his domination of northeast Wales. King Caradog ap Meirion of Gwynedd is killed during the fighting (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358611998#Britain", "title": "797", "revid": 1358611998, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 798, "year_label": "798 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Coenwulf of Mercia invades Gwynedd (modern Wales), and kills his rival Caradog ap Meirion during the fighting in Snowdonia. Kings Cynan and Hywel retake the throne. Coenwulf also defeats and captures King Eadberht Præn of Kent. He is blinded and his hands are cut off. He introduces his brother Cuthred as a sub-king of Kent (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848766#Britain", "title": "798", "revid": 1340848766, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 800, "year_label": "800 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Archbishop Hygeberht of Lichfield retires; he is succeeded by Ealdwulf. King Coenwulf of Mercia is on better terms with the archbishopric of Canterbury than his predecessor, and unsuccessfully attempts to have the Mercian archiepiscopal see transferred to London (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367075277#Religion", "title": "800", "revid": 1367075277, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 801, "year_label": "801 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Eardwulf of Northumbria leads an army into Mercia against his rival, Coenwulf, in order to flush out other claimants to the Northumbrian throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369675421#Britain", "title": "801", "revid": 1369675421, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 803, "year_label": "803 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – The Synod of Clofesho (possibly Brixworth) is held, at which the Archbishopric of Lichfield is demoted to an ordinary bishopric, with papal permission obtained by King Coenwulf of Mercia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848789#Religion", "title": "803", "revid": 1340848789, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 807, "year_label": "807 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Cuthred of Kent dies. His brother, King Coenwulf of Mercia, takes control over Kent himself.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342124762#Britain", "title": "807", "revid": 1342124762, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 816, "year_label": "816 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Synod of Chelsea: King Coenwulf of Mercia calls for a council about his right to appoint abbots and monasteries in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941190#Religion", "title": "816", "revid": 1340941190, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 818, "year_label": "818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Anglo-Saxons, led by King Coenwulf of Mercia, raid Dyfed in Wales (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941123#Britain", "title": "818", "revid": 1340941123, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 821, "year_label": "821 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Coenwulf of Mercia dies in Basingwerk near Holywell (Wales), while preparing for another assault on Powys, and is buried in Winchcombe Abbey. He is briefly succeeded by his son Cynehelm, but he is killed, probably fighting the Welsh, though supposedly through the treachery of his sister Cwenthryth. The Mercian throne passes to Coenwulf's brother, Ceolwulf I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941313#Britain", "title": "821", "revid": 1340941313, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}