1 2 5 0 ▁lines ▁of ▁C ▁code ▁ ▁Category : Associ ative ▁arrays <0x0A> </s> ▁Co en red ▁( also ▁sp elled ▁C en red ▁or ▁C œ n red ▁ ▁fl . ▁ 6 7 5 – 7 0 9 ) ▁was ▁king ▁of ▁Mer cia ▁from ▁ 7 0 4 ▁to ▁ 7 0 9 . ▁Mer cia ▁was ▁an ▁Ang lo - S ax on ▁kingdom ▁in ▁the ▁English ▁Mid lands . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁Mer cian ▁king ▁W ulf here , ▁whose ▁brother ▁ Æ th el red ▁succeeded ▁to ▁the ▁throne ▁in ▁ 6 7 5 ▁on ▁W ulf here ' s ▁death . ▁In ▁ 7 0 4 , ▁ Æ th el red ▁ab dic ated ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Co en red ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁mon k . ▁ ▁Co en red ' s ▁reign ▁is ▁poor ly ▁documented , ▁but ▁a ▁contemporary ▁source ▁records ▁that ▁he ▁faced ▁attacks ▁from ▁the ▁Wel sh . ▁Co en red ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁to ▁have ▁married ▁or ▁had ▁children , ▁although ▁later ▁chron icles ▁describe ▁him ▁as ▁an ▁ancest or ▁of ▁W ig stan , ▁a ▁ 9 th - century ▁Mer cian ▁king . ▁In ▁ 7 0 9 , ▁Co en red ▁ab dic ated ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁pil gr image ▁to ▁Rome , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁as ▁a ▁mon k ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁In ▁the ▁view ▁of ▁his ▁contemporary , ▁B ede , ▁Co en red ▁" who ▁had ▁ruled ▁the