Ceolwulf II was forced by the Danes to cede the eastern half of Mercia for Danish settlement in 877. This partition created the five Boroughs zone of Danish Mercia and reduced Ceolwulf to ruling western Mercia only on Danish terms. Alfred's Chronicle dismisses Ceolwulf as a foolish king's thegn but he probably had little choice.
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