Ceolwald of Mercia

Ceolwald may have been King of Mercia circa 716.

King Ceolred of Mercia, a grandson of Penda died in 716 of a fit. Most Mercian king-lists have Ceolred succeeded by Æthelbald, who was not a descendant of Penda. However, one version of the Worcester Cathedral lists has Ceolred succeeded by Ceolwald.

From the similarity of their names, Ceolwald is thought to have been Ceolred's brother, and thus the last of Penda's direct descendants to have ruled in Mercia.

Ceolwald can only have been king for a short time as Æthelbald appears to have become king in the year of Ceolred's death.

See also

• Kings of Mercia family tree

References

• Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445691-3
• Yorke, Barbara, Kings and Kingdoms in Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Seaby, 1990. ISBN 1-85264-027-8

v • d • e Monarchs of Mercia Icel • Cnebba • Cynewald • Creoda • Pybba • Ceorl • Penda • Eowa • Peada • Oswiu of Northumbria • Wulfhere • Æthelred I • Coenred • Ceolred • Ceolwald • Æthelbald • Beornred • Offa¶ • Ecgfrith • Coenwulf¶ • Cynehelm • Ceolwulf I¶ • Beornwulf† • Ludeca • Wiglaf  • Egbert of Wessex • Wiglaf (again) • Beorhtwulf • Burgred • Ceolwulf II • Æthelred II‡ • Æthelflæd‡ • Ælfwynn‡ ¶ Also king of Kent and king of East Anglia. † Also king of East Anglia. ‡ Ealdormen in the time of Alfred the Great and Edward the Elder