Uhtred Of Hwicce
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Uhtred was the King of
Hwicce Hwicce () was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England. According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result of th ...
, jointly with
Eanberht Eanberht was king of Hwicce, he reigned jointly with Uhtred and Ealdred. In 757 Eanberht, Uhtred, and Ealdred, granted land to Bishop Milred, and in 759 to Abbot Headda. See also *Hwicce Hwicce () was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon Engla ...
and Ealdred. In 757 Eanberht, Uhtred, and Ealdred, granted land to Bishop Milred, and in 759 to
Abbot Headda Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fe ...
. In 770 Uhtred issued a charter to his
thegn In Anglo-Saxon England, thegns were aristocratic landowners of the second rank, below the ealdormen who governed large areas of England. The term was also used in early medieval Scandinavia for a class of retainers. In medieval Scotland, there ...
Æthelmund Æthelmund, an Anglo-Saxon noble, was Ealdorman of Hwicce in the late 8th and early 9th centuries. He was killed in 802 at the Battle of Kempsford by Ealdorman Weohstan and the levies of West Saxon Wiltshire.Williams, Smyth & Kirby, ''A Biograp ...
. Another grant, to Coelmund, is dated 756, apparently in error for 777, 778, or 779.


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* Year of birth missing Year of death missing Hwiccan monarchs 8th-century English monarchs {{UK-royal-stub