Ludeca of Mercia

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Ludeca was the nineteenth King of Mercia, from 826 to 827. He became king after the death of Beornwulf in battle against the rebellious East Angles, but he too was killed in another failed attempt to subjugate them in the next year.

Prior to his rule, he was mentioned in two charters from 824 as a dux under Beornwulf.[1]

The Fitzwilliam Museum holds a coin minted during Ludeca's reign. It is thought the silver penny was minted at Ipswich and the moneyer's name was Wærbeald.

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  1. ^ Frank Stenton, Anglo Saxon England (1943, 1971, 1998 Oxford paperback), page 231, note 3.
Preceded by
Beornwulf		 King of Mercia
826–827		 Succeeded by
Wiglaf
v • d • e
Monarchs of Mercia
Icel • Cnebba • Cynewald • Creoda • Pybba • Ceorl • Penda • Eowa • Peada • Oswiu of Northumbria • Wulfhere • Æthelred I • Cenred • Ceolred • Ceolwald • Æthelbald • Beornred • Offa* • Ecgfrith • Coenwulf* • Cynehelm • Ceolwulf I* • Beornwulf** • Ludeca • Wiglaf • Egbert of Wessex • Wiglaf (again) • Beorhtwulf • Burgred • Ceolwulf II • Æthelred II*** • Æthelflæd*** • Ælfwynn***
* also king of Kent and king of East Anglia
** also king of East Anglia
*** ealdormen in the time of Alfred the Great and Edward the Elder
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