Eanred of Northumbria
Eanred was of 808/810 bis 840/841 or 830 to about 854 King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
Life
Family
Eanred was the son of the king Eardwulf ( 796-806? , And 808? -810/830 ) Of Northumbria. His mother was probably his first wife. Maybe he was a descendant of Eadwulf ( 705-706 ) from the Northumbrian royal house. As a descendant only his son Æthelred II is known.
Rule
The succession of rulers of this period is handed uncertain and contradictory for Northumbria. Symeon of Durham, a chronicler of the early 12th Century, narrated that Eanred succeeded as king on Ælfwald II ( 806-808 ). Other historians such as Simon Keynes hold a second term Eardwulfs for possible while especially Kirby and Rollason assume that Eardwulf actually reigned as King of Northumbria for a second time.
Eardwulf returned probably in 808, accompanied by the deacon Aldulfus and the abbots Hruotfridus and Nantharius from exile to Northumbria back and passed through the intervention of the Frankish envoys returned to the throne. King Eardwulfs later life is not known, even his date of death is uncertain and is set to 810 or 830. According to Roger of Wendover, a chronicler of the 13th century, his son Eanred followed in the year 810 to the throne and reigned to 840 / 841st Because of coin finds from Eanred, which was dated on stylistic grounds to about 850, Rollason considers that Eardwulf had prevailed up to 830, which also shift the reigns of the later kings. (see the main article: List of the Kings of Northumbria )
About Eanred little is known. The oldest evidence comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and describes that Egbert of Wessex ( 802-839 ) in the year 829, " an army in Northumbria territory to Dore led ( at Sheffield ), where Egbert conditions showed him into submission, and after which he accepted moved back home. " This representation implies that the submission was triggered by the mere show of force by Egberts march on the southern border Northumbria. Roger of Wendover reported, however, that Egbert Northumbria would have devastated and plundered before it was Eanred tribute. This expanded, even if only temporarily, Egberts hegemony over the whole Anglo-Saxon Britain. After the turmoil of the 8th and 9th century in Northumbria, indicated Eanreds long reign down on a ruler with high importance and unification force that was able to solve the existing problems. The good relations with the Carolingian court will have been a stabilizing factor.
Among his predecessors Eardwulf and Ælfwald the coins had almost come to a standstill. Eanred made in large quantities stycas ( silver coins with very low fines content) shape, remained one of which received over 600 pieces. The expansion of the monetary system even beyond the borders of Northumbria addition, indicates a higher level of control and management of the economy by the King. The coins can be divided into two phases: During the early stycas still had a fineness of 15 to 40 %, the later samples only 5 to 15% silver on.
As Eanred to 840/841 or 854 died, his son was Æthelred II 's successor as king.