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Mul (, literally "mule") (died 687) may have briefly ruled as King of Kent following its conquest by his brother, Caedwalla of Wessex, in 686. Mul's father was Coenberht, making him a member of the House of Wessex (a descendant of Cynric.) The name Mul is very unusual and it has been postulated that it derives from the Latin ''mulus'' meaning mule, a word which is known to have entered the Old English vocabulary; presumably it was a nickname which became habitual.〔Davis, K. Rutherford. 1982. Britons and Saxons: The Chiltern Region 400-700. London: Phillimore.〕 The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' relates that in 686, "Caedwalla and Mul, his brother, ravaged Kent and Wight." In 687, however, it reports that "Mul was burned in Kent, and 12 other men with him; and that year Caedwalla again ravaged Kent." In 694, according to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', the people of Kent came to terms with Ine, Caedwalla's successor, and granted him a sum "because they had burned Mul earlier". Mul’s reign is mentioned in a charter of Swæfheard.〔(Swæfheard (''Suabhardus'') )〕 ==Footnotes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mul of Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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