Wulfhere | |
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Archbishop of York | |
Appointed | 854 |
Term ended | 892 or 900 |
Predecessor | Wigmund |
Successor | Æthelbald |
Orders | |
Consecration | 854 |
Personal details | |
Born | Wulfhere |
Died | 892 or 900 |
Wulfhere (died c. 900) was Archbishop of York between 854 and 900.
Wulfhere was consecrated in 854. [1]
In 866 the viking Great Heathen Army attacked and captured York, and the following year the " Danes" (as the English called vikings in general at the time) defeated an attempt to recapture the city, by Anglo-Saxon forces, the following year. Wulfhere made peace with the invaders and stayed in York. [2]
When, in 872, Northumbrians rebelled against the Danes and their collaborators, and Wulfhere fled York. [3] Eventually he found refuge with King Burgred of Mercia. [4] [5]
Wulfhere was recalled in 873, and continued in York until his death in 892 or 900. [1] After his death, the seat remained vacant for eight years. [6]
Like previous archbishops of York, Wulfhere issued styca coins; Wulfred was his moneyer. [7]
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