A Chronological Abridgment of the History of Great-Britain, from the First Invasion of the Romans, to the Year 1763: With Genealogical and Political Tables ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Great Britain |
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... crown to Ethelard , brother of his queen . ETHEL ARD , 729 . Ethelard having defeated Oswald , another prince of the royal blood , and a pretender to the crown , reigned in peace to his death . CUTHRED , 741 . Cuthred , the successor of ...
... crown to Ethelard , brother of his queen . ETHEL ARD , 729 . Ethelard having defeated Oswald , another prince of the royal blood , and a pretender to the crown , reigned in peace to his death . CUTHRED , 741 . Cuthred , the successor of ...
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... crown , succeeded Ceolred ; and , after a reign of nearly forty years , was slain in battle . OFFA , 755 . Beornred usurped the crown of Mercia , but was dethroned before the end of the year by a general insurrection headed by Offa , a ...
... crown , succeeded Ceolred ; and , after a reign of nearly forty years , was slain in battle . OFFA , 755 . Beornred usurped the crown of Mercia , but was dethroned before the end of the year by a general insurrection headed by Offa , a ...
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... crown , of which he kept possession only two years . OSRIC , 718 . This prince , who was a second son of Aldfrid , succeeded Cenred , and died in 726 , without having performed any thing memorable . CEOLWOLF , 726 . Ceolwolf , brother ...
... crown , of which he kept possession only two years . OSRIC , 718 . This prince , who was a second son of Aldfrid , succeeded Cenred , and died in 726 , without having performed any thing memorable . CEOLWOLF , 726 . Ceolwolf , brother ...
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... crown in all the kingdoms of the heptarchy was very regular at the beginning , the eldest son succeeding his father without inter- ruption for several generations . But by degrees greater and greater breaches were made in the right of ...
... crown in all the kingdoms of the heptarchy was very regular at the beginning , the eldest son succeeding his father without inter- ruption for several generations . But by degrees greater and greater breaches were made in the right of ...
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... crown in token of his friendship . Some time after , Clovis made a present of that crown A. D. to the pope Symmachus , and it is Period 2. ] 63 HEPTARCHY . APPENDIX. ...
... crown in token of his friendship . Some time after , Clovis made a present of that crown A. D. to the pope Symmachus , and it is Period 2. ] 63 HEPTARCHY . APPENDIX. ...
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