Cynethryth ( Cyneðryð tilar donya tahun 798) yaiku Ratu Mercia, garwane Raja Offa Mercia lan ibune Raja Ecgfrith saka Mercia . Cynethryth yaiku siji-sijiné permaisuri Anglo-Saxon .

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Ora ana sing ngerti babagan asal-usule Cynethryth. Jeneng dheweke mengeti garwane lan putri Raja Penda — Cynewise, Cyneburh, lan Cyneswith — sing bisa nuduhake yen dheweke keturunan Penda.

Tradhisi sing ana hubungane karo Vitae duorum Offarum abad ka - 13 nyatakake dheweke asal saka Frank, lan kanggo dheweke kejahatan dheweke diadili dening sistem kaadilan Charlemagne supaya bisa diangkat ing sagara ing prau sing mbukak. Kapal kasebut akhire mandheg ing pesisir Welsh ing ngendi dheweke dijupuk menyang Offa. Dheweke ngaku yen dheweke wis dianiaya kanthi kejiwaan lan dadi omah karajan Caroling . Offa ninggalaken Drida, nalika dheweke diarani, ing pamrentahane Marcellina, ibune. Offa bakal jatuh cinta lan omah-omah karo dheweke, ing ngendi titik kasebut dheweke nggunakake jeneng Quindrida, nanging dheweke terus-terusan kanthi cara sing ora becik sadurunge dibunuh dening perampok. Iki misale jek ana hubungane karo nyebutake offa Offa, nanging reformasi bojo, Thritha, sing katon ing Beowulf, nanging uga nduweni aspirasi sing padha karo critane marang garwane Offa of Angel, bocah wadon Yorkshire diangkat saka bapake.

Ora kaya hubungan Æthelbald, pendhudhuke Offa, sing dikutuk déning pasamuan, pernikahané Offa lan Cynethryth sacara sakabèhané konvensional lan ketemu karo persetujuan hierarki. Ing surat menyang Cynethryth lan anak saka Ecgfrith, Alcuin ngeyubake supaya dheweke bisa ngetutake tuladhane tuwanane, kaya ta ketuhanan ibune. Ing panggonan liya, Alcuin nuduhake Cynethryth minangka "controller rumah tangga Kerajaan"

Ratu saka Mercians

Tanggalan miturute Offa lan Cynethryth kang wis ora dikenal, nanging ora nganti sawise lair saka Ecgfrith sing Cynethryth wiwit Witness prejanjèn. Dheweke pisanan nyakseni piagam tanggal 770, bebarengan karo Ecgfrith lan Ælfflæd . Dening 780 dheweke iku Cyneðryð Dei gratia regina Merciorum ("Cynethryth, dening Grace God, Ratu saka Mercians").

Rujukan

Kapustakaan
 
 Dümmler, Ernst, Epistolae Karolini aevi, Tomus II. (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Epistolarum, Tomus IV) Berlin: Weidmann, 1895. (Available at dMGH)
 
 Keynes, Simon, "Cynethryth" in M. Lapidge et al. (eds), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Blackwell, London, 1999. 
 
 
 Stafford, Pauline, "Political Women in Mercia, Eighth to Early Tenth Centuries" in Michelle P. Brown & Carol A. Farr (eds), Mercia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Europe. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 2001. 
 Thacker, Alan, "Kings, Saints and Monasteries in pre-Viking Mercia" in Midland History, volume 10 (1985). ISSN  0047-729X
 Williams, Gareth, "Mercian Coinage and Authority" in Michelle P. Brown & Carol A. Farr (eds), Mercia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Europe. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 2001. 
 Yorke, Barbara, "The Origins of Mercia" in Michelle P. Brown & Carol A. Farr (eds), Mercia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Europe. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 2001.

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