Ceolred of Mercia

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Historical Figure
gptkbp:affiliatedWith Support of monasteries
gptkbp:alliance Marriage to a noblewoman
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Northumbria
gptkbp:birthYear unknown
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Repton_Abbey
gptkbp:contemporary Bede
gptkbp:culturalContribution Patronage of the arts
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Trade_with_Europe
Anglo-Saxon_heritage
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Anglo-Saxon_culture
gptkbp:culturalSignificance Role_in_Anglo-Saxon_history
gptkbp:deathYear 716
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:Penda_of_Mercia
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Alliances with Welsh kingdoms
gptkbp:dynasty Mercian Dynasty
gptkbp:economicActivity Land grants
gptkbp:father Cuthred of Mercia
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-Penda_era
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Council_of_Clofesho
Coins minted during his reign
gptkbp:historicalFigures Bede
gptkbp:historicalImpact Influence_on_English_history
gptkbp:historicalLegacy Mercian_supremacy_in_England
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
Early Medieval England
Chronicles of his reign
Views of historians
gptkbp:historicalRecords Annals of the church
gptkbp:historicalResearch Studies_on_Mercian_kingship
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Unification of Mercia
Records in ecclesiastical texts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ceolred of Mercia
gptkbp:influenceOn gptkb:Later_Mercian_kings
gptkbp:knownFor Strengthening_Mercian_power
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:militaryRank Expansion of territory
Allies in battles
gptkbp:mother Cynethryth
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_the_River_Trent
gptkbp:politicalAffiliation gptkb:Mercian_nobility
Influence on neighboring kingdoms
gptkbp:politicalPosition Diplomatic marriages
Rivalry_with_Wessex
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ceolwulf_of_Mercia
gptkbp:reform Church reforms
gptkbp:reign gptkb:Tamworth
gptkbp:reignEnd 716
gptkbp:reignStart 709
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Aethelbald_of_Mercia
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_Mercia