Cuthberht was a

Mercia Mercia (, was one of the principal kingdoms founded at the end of Sub-Roman Britain; the area was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlan ...

n of the 8th century who may have been the same person as an ealdorman of that name who witnessed charters during the reign of

Offa Offa ( 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in 796. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of ...

.Yorke, Barbara (1990). ''Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England''. London: Seaby. , p. 118. Cuthberht may also be the same person as the Cuthberht mentioned in the ''

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the ninth century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of ...

'' in the entry for 779.cf Charter S1412 Cuthberht had at least three sons they were: *

Coenwulf Coenwulf (; also spelled Cenwulf, Kenulf, or Kenwulph; ) was the king of Mercia from December 796 until his death in 821. He was a descendant of King Pybba, who ruled Mercia in the early 7th century. He succeeded Ecgfrith, the son of Offa; Ecg ...

, King of Mercia in 796–821. * Cuthred, King of Kent in 798–807. * Ceolwulf, King of Mercia in 821–823.

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