Wigstan
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Wigstan, also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd, daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia.
The crypt in St Wystan's Church, Repton, Derbyshire, where Wigstan was originally buried
Wiglaf of Mercia
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Wiglaf was King of Mercia from 827 to 829 and again from 830 until his death. His ancestry is uncertain: the 820s were a period of dynastic conflict within Mercia and the genealogy of several of the kings of this time is unknown. Wigstan, his grandson, was later recorded as a descendant of Penda of Mercia, so it is possible that Wiglaf was descended from Penda, one of the most powerful seventh-century kings of Mercia.
Silver penny of Wiglaf, struck 827–829. Legend: + vviglaf rex m
A 19th-century engraving of the crypt at Repton where Wiglaf was interred.