Beornwulf (died 826) was the King of Mercia from 823 to 826. His short reign saw the collapse of Mercia's dominant position among the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy. Events The Danish king accepts Christianity. ... A list of the Kings etc. ... Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ... Events Crete is conquered from the Byzantines by the Saracens. ... Events The Danish king accepts Christianity. ... The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... A map showing the general locations of the Anglo-Saxon peoples around the year 600. ...

Beornwulf's ancestry is unknown. A man named Beornwulf is mentioned as having witnessed a charter of King Coenwulf in 812 and another of King Ceolwulf in 823, but his position on each of these charters suggests he was not of an exceptionally high rank. Coenwulf (or Cenwulf) (died 821) was King of Mercia from 796 to 821. ... Events Births April 12 - Muhammad at-Taqi, Shia Imam (d. ... Ceolwulf I was the seventeenth King of Mercia, from 821 to 823. ...

Beornwulf overthrew Ceolwulf in 823. In 825, he was badly defeated by the King of Wessex, Egbert, in battle at Ellandun, and Egbert subsequently captured Kent and drove out its pro-Mercian king, Baldred. Events Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. ... Wessex was one of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms (the Heptarchy) that preceded the Kingdom of England. ... Egbert (also Ecgbehrt or Ecgbert) (c. ... Ellandun was the site of the Battle of Ellandun between Egbert of Wessex and Beornwulf of Mercia in 825. ... The Kingdom of Kent was a kingdom of Jutes in southeast England, one of the seven traditional kingdoms of the so-called Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. ...

In the wake of these events, Mercia's dominance of southern England rapidly unravelled. Essex and Sussex switched their loyalty to Egbert. The East Angles, led by Athelstan and backed by the West Saxons, exploited the moment of weakness by rebelling against Mercian rule, and Beornwulf was killed attempting to crush the revolt. Essex is a county in the East of England. ... Sussex is a traditional county in south-eastern England, corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... Norfolk and Suffolk, the core area of East Anglia. ...