__NOTOC__ Brihtmær (died 1039) was a medieval

Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Wes ...

. Brihtmær was consecrated sometime before about 1026 and died in 1039.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 He was appointed by

Cnut the Great Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norwa ...

, king of England, and nothing is known of why he was chosen or of his background.Lawson ''Cnut'' p. 136

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* 1039 deaths Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lichfield Year of birth unknown 11th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub