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Beornred (Anglo-Saxon Beornrǣd) was briefly King of Mercia in 757, following the murder of Æthelbald. However, he was defeated by Offa and fled.

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in 757:

⁊ þy ilcan geare mon ofsloh Æþelbald Mearcna cyning on Sæcandune, ⁊ his lic ræsteð on Hreopandune, ⁊ he ricsade .xli. wintra. ⁊ Beornred feng to rice ⁊ lytle hwile heold ⁊ ungefealice, ⁊ þy ilcan geare Offa geflemde Beornred ⁊ feng to þam rice ⁊ heold .xxxix. wintra, ...

"... and in the same year Aethelbald, king of Mercia, was killed at Seckington, and his body rests at Repton; and he ruled 41 years. And then Beornred succeeded to the kingdom, and held it a little while and unhappily; and that same year Offa put Beornred to flight and succeeded to the kingdom, and held it 39 years..."^[1]

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Kings of Mercia family tree

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^ ASC manuscript E, 755 (757); translated by Michael Swanton, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1996.

Titles of nobility
Preceded by Ethelbald	King of Mercia 757	Succeeded by Offa

v • d • e Monarchs of Mercia

Kingdom of Mercia 527–918	Icel • Cnebba • Cynewald • Creoda • Pybba • Cearl • Penda • Eowa • Peada • Oswiu of Northumbria • Wulfhere • Æthelred I • Coenred • Ceolred • Ceolwald • Æthelbald • Beornred • Offa¹ • Ecgfrith • Coenwulf¹ • Cynehelm • Ceolwulf I¹ • Beornwulf² • Ludeca • Wiglaf • Ecgberht of Wessex • Wigmund • Wigstan • Ælfflæd • Beorhtwulf • Burgred • Ceolwulf II • Æthelred II³ • Æthelflæd³ • Ælfwynn³

Later Monarchs	Æthelstan⁴ • Eadgar⁴

¹Also King of Kent and East Anglia. ²Also King of East Anglia. ³Recognising West Saxon overlordship. ⁴Titular King of Mercia following the creation of the Kingdom of England.

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