The historical Cwenthryth was the daughter of King Coenwulf of Mercia and was an abbess at the parish village of Minster-in-Thanet who was involved in a dispute over rent with the Archbishop of Canterbury after her father's death in 821 CE. But such offerings to the Church did little to assuage the concerns of the common people, who were suffering the most under the Mercian yoke. Mercia was a kingdom which occupied much of central, modern England, and was eventually conquered by the Vikings. Portrait type. Struck circa 800-821. He waged war on the Welsh and crushed a notable revolt in Kent. Cenwulf, also spelled Coenwulf, (died 821, Basingwerk, Wales), Anglo-Saxon king of the Mercians from 796 who preserved the Mercian supremacy established by King Offa (reigned 757–796). Uncertain mint in East Anglia, possibly Gipeswic (Ipswich); Lul, moneyer. cenwulf kenulf kenwulph circle ring He succeeded Ecgfrith, the son of Offa; Ecgfrith only reigned for five months, and Coenwulf ascended the … King of Mercia (796-821) Also known as Cœnwulf, sometimes Cenwulf or Kenwulf or even Kenulph. Coenwulf is remembered as being the last king of Mercia to hold dominance across the south of England. Coenwulf was born in 765, the son of the Mercian ealdorman Cuthberht. Coenwulf is an Old English name derived from 'coen' meaning bold or fierce and 'wulf' for wolf; hence 'fierce wolf'.. His son, Cenelm, is chosen to succeed him, but he is killed, probably fighting the Welsh (although his death is also attributed to the treachery of his jealous sister, Cwenthryth). "Mercia" translates to "border peoples". He was the father of the Christian martyr Saint Kenelm. AR Penny Silver (19mm,). 796-821. Instead, the crown went to Coenwulf, a descended of a brother of King Penda. The beginning of his reign. + COEVVLF REX (Mercian M with horizontal line above), diademed bust right / + L V L within angles of long cross He was the brother of Coenwulf , his predecessor, and was deposed by Beornwulf . Coenwulf was a king among warring kingdoms in a divided Dark Age Britain. COENWULF December 796 – 821. Coenwulf of Mercia(765-821) was King of Mercia from 796 to 821, succeeding Ecgfrith and preceding Coelwulf. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf dies in Basingwerk, while preparing for another assault on Powys , and is buried in Winchcombe Abbey. After the death of Ecgfrith, there were no direct heirs or successors to the Mercian throne. Image: great_britain_mercia_coenwulf_penny.jpg Original inquiry: a new gold coin struck by mint office in 2008. with a picture of king coenwulf of mercia on one side of the coin and with a flower and cross on other side of the anglo-saxon times. Ceolwulf I was King of Mercia , East Anglia and Kent , from 821 to 823. He was a descendant of a sibling of King Penda, who had ruled Mercia in the middle of the 7th century. Coenwulf was the King of Mercia from December 796 until his death in 821. Coenwulf (also spelled Cenwulf, Kenulf, or Kenwulph) was King of Mercia from December 796 until his death in 821.He was a descendant of a brother of King Penda, who had ruled Mercia in the middle of the 7th century.He succeeded Ecgfrith, the son of Offa; Ecgfrith only reigned for five months, and Coenwulf ascended to the throne in the same year that Offa died. Coenwulf did his part for the Church as well, granting money for the establishment of churches and abbeys throughout Mercia. A silver penny of Ceolwulf I William of Malmesbury declared that, after Cœnwulf: "the kingdom of the Mercians declining, and if I may use the expression, nearly lifeless, produced nothing worthy of historical commemoration." Coenwulf. 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