Ceolwald may have been King of Mercia around 716 AD.

King Ceolred of Mercia, a grandson of Penda, died in 716. 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 of 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.

Ceolwald of Mercia

See also

Kings of Mercia family tree

References

Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman, 1991. Yorke, Barbara, Kings and Kingdoms in Early Anglo-Saxon England. London: Seaby, 1990.

Ceolwald of Mercia

Mercian monarchs

8th-century English monarchs

Iclingas