He may, on the other hand, have predeceased his father and never been anything more than a co-ruler with him.
He was himself the father of Wigstan who later declined kingship.
He married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ceolwulf I, which suggests that Ceolwulf II was a descendant of Wigmund and the last king of the original Mercian dynasty.
According to Ford Mommaerts-Browne, he may also have been the father of Eadburh, wife of Æthelred Mucel, and mother of Eahlswith.
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