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Cynethryth (Cyneðryð; fallecida después del 798) fue una reina de Mercia, esposa del rey Offa de Mercia y madre del rey Ecfrido de Mercia y de la reina consorte Eadburh. Cynethryth es la única reina consorte anglosajona en cuyo nombre se emitió una moneda .
- post. 798
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Cynethryth ( Cyneðryð; died after AD 798) was a Queen of Mercia, wife of King Offa of Mercia and mother of King Ecgfrith of Mercia. Cynethryth is the only Anglo-Saxon queen consort in whose name coinage was definitely issued. Biography. Origins. Penny of Cynethryth, wife of king Offa (1.29 g) Nothing certain is known of Cynethryth's origins.
- after 798
Cynethryth fue una reina de Mercia, esposa del rey Offa de Mercia y madre del rey Ecfrido de Mercia y de la reina consorte Eadburh. Cynethryth es la única reina consorte anglosajona en cuyo nombre se emitió una moneda.
Accounts of the event have survived in which Aethelberht is killed through the machinations of Offa's wife Cynethryth, but the earliest manuscripts in which these possibly legendary accounts are found date from the 11th and 12th centuries, and recent historians do not regard them with confidence.
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Cynethryth’s name first appears in her husband’s charters after the birth of her son Ecgfrith c. 770. She was a frequent witness to the charters and appears as “queen of the Mercians” in some of them. Most significantly, there were coins struck in her name. She is one of the few women to have coins issued in her name in the early ...
Cwenthryth (fl. 811-c.827) was a daughter of King Coenwul of Mercia. [1] In 811 she witnessed a charter of her father as filia regis (king's daughter). [2] She was abbess of Winchcombe Minster, Reculver and Minster in Thanet, which she inherited from her father. She also inherited a dispute with Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury, over control ...
3 de dic. de 2018 · Cwenthryth of Mercia (also given as Cwoenthryth, 9th century CE) was the daughter of King Coenwulf (r. 796-821 CE). Little is known of her actual life but she later became infamous in the 12th century CE through the legend of St. Kenelm as the scheming sister who arranges her brother Kenelm's death.
