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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20K ings.htm CENWULF (-Basingwerk, Flintshire 821, bur Winchcomb, Glouces tershire). He succeeded [his distant cousin] King Ecgfrith in 796 as C ENWULF King of Mercia. Simeon of Durham records that "Coenuulf the fat her of St Kenelm" succeeded "Ecgfrith" as king of Mercia [1]. Kent rev olted in 796, Eadberht "Præn" installing himself as king of Kent. Th e ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' records that King Cenwulf suppressed the r ebellion vigorously, led Eadberht "Praen" bound back to Mercia [2], an d appointed his younger brother Cuthred as under-king of Kent in 798 . He failed to obtain papal support for establishing London as an arch iepiscopal see. He revived Mercian expansion into Wales, killed Carado g ap Meirion King of Gwynedd in 798, and raided the district between C lwyd and the Elwy in 816 and Dyfed in 818-819. Eardwulf King of Northu mbria invaded Mercia in 801, but peace was imposed following mediatio n of English bishops and nobles [3]. "Cenuulf rex merciorum" granted f reedoms to Glastonbury Abbey by charter dated 797 [4]. Mercian contro l over Kent, at least during the period 801-811, is demonstrated by "C oenuulfus rex Merciorum" making a joint grant of land in Kent with "Cu thredo fratre meo rege Cantuariorum" dated 801 [5], "Coenulfi regis Me rciorum" subscribing three charters of "Cuthredus rex Cantiæ" dated 8 05 [6], and "Coenwulf rex Merciorum" granting land at Rochester, Ken t to bishop Beornmod by charter dated 811 (subscribed by, among others , "Sigered rex", "Beornnoth dux" and "Eadberht dux", none of whom hav e been identified) [7]. A dispute with Wulfred Archbishop of Canterbur y concerning the king's right to make certain religious appointments a ppears to have led to the former's suspension from office from 817 t o 821 [8]. [m firstly ---. The evident age difference between King Cen wulf's known children Cwenthryth and Cynehelm suggests that they wer e probably born from different marriages although this has not been co rroborated from any primary source so far consulted.] m [secondly] ÆL THRYTH [1] Simeon of Durham, p. 459. [2] ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' , A, E and F, 796 [798]. [3] Stenton (2001), p. 94. [4] S 152. [5 ] S 157. [6] S 39, S 40 and S 41. [7] S 165. [8] Kirby (2000), p. 1 53.