Event: Execution
Offa 7
.beheading of
Æthelberht 11
Asserted in:
Æthelweard.Chron
iii.1
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Scholarly Info
Description
Offa 7
ordered that the head of
Æthelberht 11
be cut off.
Year
794
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... Offa iusserat Ethelbyrhti ... amputare caput ...
Date from Source
<792>: after the fifth year that
Beorhtric 1
married the daughter of
Offa 7
Persons associated with this Event:
Participant
:
Offa 7
(
King of the Mercians, 757-796
)
Recipient
:
Æthelberht 11
(
King of the East Angles, d.794
)