Monday, June 06, 2005

Who are these people?

Bishop Ularic:
He was the bishop of Merica. He stabbed king Cenwulf in the back in 797 and about 50 years latter was canonized a saint.

Praen of Kent
Was a one time alley of King Offa of Mercia. He accidently killed the queen mother of East Anglia and later had his eyes put out and hands cut off by King Offa.

Bartstedt
Was the cheif elderman to Offa.

Ecgfryth
Was Offa's inept son. He survived his father by a few months before being done away with by elderman Lofgar

Father Pietrocinii
An Italian priest who was part of a papel delegation to England. He stayed on and ended up being bishop of Grantham.

Brother Iritus
Chronicler of the court at Oakham

King Ceolwulf II
Former bishop of Lincoln. He ended up being defeated by Beornulf and going into exile.

Beornulf
Hunted down and defeated at Norwich by King Wiglaf. Was executed by being crushed to death.

Aethelred
Prince to King Burhred, he was the architect that designed and built the foritifcations at Oakham and helped on the Cathedral of St. Ularics.

Almost none of these people really existed. They were star wars figures dressed up to look medieval in John Pitman's back yard.

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