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Burgred is the Prince of Mercia. He was the brother of Kwenthrith and Kenelm of Mercia.

Biography[]

Season 3[]

When Ragnar agrees with King Ecbert to help Princess Kwenthrith take the crown of Mercia, they sail up the river into Mercia. Eventually they are confronted by two forces, one smaller army under command of Brihtwulf, who proclaimed himself King of Mercia, and a larger force under command of Burgred. Ragnar decides to concentrate the attack on Brihtwulf as he has a smaller force. Burgred can only witness the slaughter of his uncle and his forces as the river prevents him from aiding him. While he is his uncle's second-in-command, he is an incompetent imbecile and a coward. The first time he goes into battle he turns into a panicked wreck and surrenders.

When the combined Northmen and Wessex army sails across the river to take care of Burgred, Kwenthrith begs her brother to surrender as he would not be harmed if he does. Seeing most of his forces have already fled, Burgred decides to retreat to the Hill of the Ash. Eventually, he is trapped between the Northmen Army of Ragnar and Wessex forces under command of Prince Aethelwulf. Ragnar commands Burgred to be spared, which Aethelwulf grudgingly does. Later, Burgred asks Ragnar for forgiveness for attacking him, only to be answered by a headbutt before Ragnar sarcastically forgives him.

Returning to Wessex to celebrate the end of the civil war in Mercia, Burgred fears King Ecbert will kill him, but Kwenthrith assures him he won't. Later, Princess Kwenthrith wants to toast on the shared rull of Mercia between her and Burgred. Burgred quickly drinks his cup of wine, but Kwenthrith spills it on the ground. Burgred realizes he has been poisoned just before blood pours out of his mouth. As he dies, Ragnar, King Ecbert, King Aelle, Aethelwulf, Judith, Rollo, and Lagertha throw their cups of wine on the ground. Kwenthrith is proclaimed Queen of Mercia.

In History[]

Burgred is based on the historical figure Burgred, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from 852 to 874 AD. He is believed to have been related to his predecessor King Beorhtwulf. Burgred married Æthelswith, the daughter of King Æthelwulf of the West Saxons.

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Season three appearances
Mercenary The Wanderer Warrior's Fate Scarred The Usurper
Born Again Paris To the Gates! Breaking Point The Dead
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