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Mercia (/ˈmɜːrʃiə, -ʃə, -siə/, Old English:
Miercna rīċe; Latin:
Merciorum regnum) was one of the
three main
Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain...
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kingdom of
Mercia,
which at that time
dominated the
other southern English kingdoms. In 825,
Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of
Mercia,
ended Mercia's supremacy...
- Æthelred, Lord of the
Mercians (or
Ealdorman Æthelred of
Mercia; died 911)
became ruler of
English Mercia shortly after the
death or
disappearance of its last...
- Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of
Mercia, a
kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757
until his death. The son of
Thingfrith and a
descendant of Eowa...
- Old English: Burhræd) was an Anglo-Saxon king of
Mercia from 852 to 874.
Burgred became king of
Mercia in 852, and may have been
related to his predecessor...
- The
Kingdom of
Mercia was a
state in the
English Midlands from the 6th
century to the 10th century. For some two
hundred years from the mid-7th century...
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Ceolwulf II (died c. 879) was the last king of
independent Mercia. He
succeeded Burgred of
Mercia who was
deposed by the
Vikings in 874. His
reign is generally...
- Coenulfus) was the King of
Mercia from
December 796
until his
death in 821. He was a
descendant of King Pybba, who
ruled Mercia in the
early 7th century...
- English: Beornræd) (?-757) was a
Mercian Thane who was
briefly King of
Mercia in 757.
Beornred ascended the
throne following the
murder of King Æthelbald...
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North Sea. The
Midlands correspond broadly to the early-medieval
kingdom of
Mercia, and
later became important in the
Industrial Revolution of the 18th and...
