Event: Marriage
Beorhtric 1
.marriage to
Eadburg 5
Asserted in:
Ęthelweard.Chron
ii.20
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Scholarly Info
Description
At the end of a period of two years
Beorhtric 1
married
Eadburg 5
, the daughter of
Offa 7
.
Year
789
Primary Source Info
Original Text
Impletoque triennio Offan filiam Eadburh sibi in matrimonium duxit.
Date from Source
<787>: at the end of a period of two years after
Beorhtric 1
received the kingdom of the West Angles [= West Saxons]
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Beorhtric 1
(
King of the West Saxons, 786-802
)
Participant
:
Eadburg 5
(
Daughter of
Offa 7
; wife of King
Beorhtric 1
of Wessex
)
(Other)
:
Offa 7
(
King of the Mercians, 757-796
)