ordination of king, Throne-sittingEardwulf 4.blessing

Scholarly Info
Description	Eardwulf 4 was afterwards blessed [F(OE) adds: as king; F(Lat.) substitutes: consecrated] [DE add: and raised to the throne on 7 kalends of June (= 26 May)] by various people.
Year	796

Primary Source Info
Original Text	D: ... syððan gebletsod [F(OE) adds: to cinge] ... 7 his cynestole ahafen ...
Date from Source	795 DEF(OE and Lat.); DE: after Eardwulf 4 acceded to the kingdom; DE: 7 kalends of June [= 26 May]

Recipient: Eardwulf 4 (King of the Northumbrians (796-?; expelled 806 or 808))
Agent: Eanbald 1 (I, archbishop of York, 779/780-796)
Agent: Æthelberht 10 (Bishop of Whithorn, 777-789; subsequently of Hexham, 789-797)
Agent: Hygebald 3 (Bishop of Lindisfarne, 780/781-803)
Agent: Beaduwulf 1 (Bishop of Whithorn, 791–803x?)