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	List of monarchs of Mercia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Kingdom of Mercia at its greatest extent (7th to 9th centuries) is shown in green, with the original core area (6th century) given a darker tint.
		Mercia was briefly conquered by Oswy of Northumbria.
		Mercia was briefly conquered by Egbert of Wessex.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Mercia (365 words)

	Mercias storhetstid.
		Mercias grenser mot Wales i vest var uklare, og landet ved midtre og øvre Themsen i sør var omstridt.
		Og angrepene fra Mercia var voldsomme og hyppige.
		Det peker mot at kongene i Mercia og i Wessex var likeverdige.
	www.europas-historie.net /mercia-a.htm (8949 words)

	Bretwalda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mercia was arguably the most powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom for much of the late seventh and eighth centuries, though Mercian kings are missed out of the two main "lists".
		For Bede, Mercia was a traditional enemy of his native Northumbria, and he saw powerful Mercian kings such as Penda (a pagan) as standing in the way of the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons, and so does not include them in his list, even though it is evident that Penda held a considerable degree of power.
		Similarly, powerful Mercia kings such as Offa are missed out of the West Saxon Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which sought to demonstrate the legitimacy of the West Saxon kings to rule over other Anglo-Saxon peoples.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/bretwalda (831 words)

	Mercia
		Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what isnow England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the Trent and its tributarystreams.
		Mercia's neighbours included Northumbria, Powys, the kingdoms of southern Wales, Wessex, Sussex, Essex, and East Anglia.The term survives today in the name of the West MerciaConstabulary.
		The Danes drove Burgred, the last king of Mercia from hiskingdom in 874 and in 886, the eastern part of thekingdom became part of the Danelaw, while the western portion was occupied by Wessex.
	www.therfcc.org /mercia-16115.html (989 words)

	Mercia - InformationBlast
		Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the Trent and its tributary streams.
		The next two kings, Aethelred and Cenred son of Wulfhere, are better known for their religious activities; the king who succeeded them (in 709), Ceolred, is said in a letter of Saint Boniface to have been a dissolute youth who died insane.
		The Danes drove Burgred, the last king of Mercia from his kingdom in 874 and in 886, the eastern part of the kingdom became part of the Danelaw, while the western portion was occupied by Wessex.
	www.informationblast.com /Mercia.html (931 words)

	Coenwulf of Mercia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Coenwulf (or Cenwulf) (died 821) was King of Mercia from 796 to 821.
		Under Cenwulf at least, the debate was concluded in the king's favour around 820 when Wulfred was summoned to a meeting in London and agreed to cede a very large and valuable estate to Cenwulf and pay him a considerable sum in gold in exchange for gaining lordship over the two contested monasteries.
		The most dramatic development in the coinage of Cenwulf came with the discovery in 2001 of a gold coin bearing the name Coenwulf at Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, England, on a footpath beside the River Ivel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coenwulf (1164 words)

	Mercia - Cunnan
		Mercia was one of the pre-Conquest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England.
		Its centre was in the valley of the River Trent, and its tributaries, but later it grew to extend from the Humber to the Thames, and west to the borders of Wales.
		Later, in 853, the kingdoms allied to "conquer" North Wales, and the Mercian king married the daughter of Ethelwulf, King of the West Saxons.
	cunnan.sca.org.au /wiki/Mercia (535 words)

	Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mercia's influence probably reached its zenith during the reign of Offa in the latter half of the 8th century.
		To the north was the frontier between Mercia and Gwynedd, and to the south between Mercia and Ercing and Gwent.
		In 903, the East Anglian Danes ransacked Mercia and northern Wessex, incited by the rebel Æthelwold, cousin of Edward (Alfred's son and successor).
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /mercia.htm (12269 words)

	The Heroic Age: An Appeal to Rome
		[12] Cenwulf, as the king of Mercia and heir to Offa's achievements, would be a possible candidate, were it not for the fact that he was one of the disputants.
		Although Mercia suffered setbacks, such as the revolt of Kent and the loss of Wessex from its political orbit, it remained the single most powerful kingdom south of the Humber until the expansion of Wessex in the 820s.
		Cenwulf and Eardwulf's bishops and lords were the most influential in the settlement of the dispute, while the rex Anglorum simply placed an imprimatur upon the proceedings, as a neutral party who had a higher social status than the two disputants.
	www.mun.ca /mst/heroicage/issues/6/forsman.html (4364 words)

	Mercia - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mercia's neighbors included Northumbria, Powys, the kingdoms of southern Wales, Wessex, Sussex, Essex, and East Anglia.
		Offa is credited with the construction of Offa's Dyke on the border of Wales and Mercia.
		The Danes appointed a Mercian thegn, Ceolwulf as king in 873 while the remaining independent section of Mercia was ruled by Aethelred, called an ealderman, not a king.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Mercia (946 words)

	The History Bookshop
		He describes the Britain of his day as largely peaceful, in which two kings, Ceowulf of Northumbria and Aethlebald of Mercia, hold dominion over the Anglo-Saxon peoples; the Britons lack real power and the Picts and Scots are friendly to the Anglo-Saxons.
		He will reign for 37 years but at first his power outside Mercia is far more limited than that of his predecessor.
		This is probably a defeat for Mercia allowing both Kent and Sussex temporarily to regain their independence.
	www.historybookshop.com /timelines/anglo-saxon-eng-700-849.htm (2097 words)

	Coenwulf of Mercia - InformationBlast
		Similar events took place in 796 in East Anglia (ruled directly by Mercia since 794), where Eadwald became king after a rebellion in the wake of Offa's death.
		However, Coenwulf regained control of East Anglia within a few years; certainly he had reestablished Mercian rule there by 805, when coins were minted there in his name.
		In 801, Mercia was invaded by Eardwulf of Northumbria, but peace was made between the two sides.
	www.informationblast.com /Coenwulf.html (440 words)

	The Story of St Ethelbert
		Mercia was the largest of these small states and occupied a central position in relation to the others.
		Thus the currency of Mercia, directly under Offa's control, as well as the currency under the kings of Kent and the Archbishop of Canterbury are all of similar style, suggesting that they were produced in a single mint, probably Canterbury (Needleman, Saul B).
		However, he was not the last for whom murder and treachery were merely tactics in pursuit of that most seductive of all prizes, the Crown of England.
	www.herefordwebpages.co.uk /ethel.shtml (2963 words)

	Kent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In 798, Ecgfrith's successor, Cenwulf, quelled Eadberht's revolt.
		Under Cenwulf's auspices, Canterbury was restored to its former status - at the 'Synod of Clofesho', on the twelfth of October 803, the archbishopric of Lichfield was abolished.
		In charters, both Cenwulf (809) and, his successor, Ceolwulf (822 and 823), are referred to as "king of Mercia and Kent".
	www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /kent.htm (4086 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ethelhard
		The co-operation of Ethelhard and Cenwulf in deposing Eadbert, and in upholding the Mercian cause in Kent, increased the importance of Canterbury, and the archiepiscopal authority of Higbert waned.
		Cenwulf restored an estate taken from Canterbury by Offa, and wrote in 798 to Pope Leo asking him to examine into the question of the diminution of the rights of that see, and enclosing a letter from Ethelhard and his suffragans.
		The pope's decision was officially acknowledged by the Council of Clovesho on 12 Oct., 803, in presence of Cenwulf and his Witan, and Higbert was deprived of his pallium, in spite of Alcuin's plea that so good a man should be spared that humiliation.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05555a.htm (755 words)

	Anglo-Saxons.net : Timeline: 806-99
		The death of Beornwulf of Mercia was not enough to gain the East Angles their independence, as Beornwulf's successor Ludica continued to issue coins in East Anglia (Grierson and Blackburn, pp.293-4).
		The fact that Ceolwulf kept the western parts of Mercia after the partition with the Vikings in 877 -- unlike the other occupied English nations which were completely taken over -- may even suggest that Ceolwulf was a shrewder negotiator than the West Saxon chronicler cared to remember.
		By 883 (according to S 218), Ealdorman Æthelred was in charge of Mercia, under the overall authority of King Alfred of Wessex.
	www.anglo-saxons.net /hwaet?do=get&type=chron&from=806&to=99 (7074 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Ethelhard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He was elected to the see at a time when Offa, King of the Mercians, was attempting to weaken Canterbury's influence and had succeeded in securing the pallium for the incumbent of the See of Lichfield.
		Ethelhard encountered many difficulties, being for a time obliged to flee from his see, but when Cenwulf succeeded in Mercia, they worked together for the restoration of the rights of Canterbury, the dispute being ended by Ethelhard's visit to Rome in 801.
		The success of Offa's policy would have impeded the attainment of national unity, and its defeat by Ethelhard is an event of the greatest importance in the history of the making of the English nation.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd03100.htm (113 words)

	British Muslim Heritage: King Offa
		This coin was engraved, struck and issued by Offa, King of Mercia, or ‘Middle England’ (an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, which extended on both sides of the River Trent from the North Sea to Wales), from 757 to 796.
		A number of smaller states were gradually incorporated with Mercia, the first settlements being probably made during the second half of the sixth century of the Christian era.
		After the death of the latter monarch the kingdom rapidly declined, and in 828 it was merged in the realm of Egbert, king of Wessex.
	www.masud.co.uk /ISLAM/bmh/BMH-AQ-offa.htm (3565 words)

	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Part 2: A.D. 750 - 919
		A.D. This year Offa, King of Mercia, commanded that King Ethelbert should be beheaded; and Osred, who had been king of the Northumbrians, returning home after his exile, was apprehended and slain, on the eighteenth day before the calends of October.
		About the same time Cynewulf, King of Mercia, made inroads upon the inhabitants of Kent as far as the marsh; and the Mercians seized Edbert Pryn, their king, led him bound into Mercia, and suffered men to pick out his eyes, and cut off his hands.
		A.D. This year the same army went into Mercia to Nottingham, and there fixed their winter-quarters; and Burhred, king of the Mercians, with his council, besought Ethered, king of the West-Saxons, and Alfred, his brother; that they would assist them in fighting against the army.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/england/saxons2.htm (10766 words)

	Saxon Bath: Offa's Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Probably a genuine grant by Cynewulf was later reworked to legitimise the Abbey's tenure of North Stoke.(3) The monks attributed the grant to King Cenwulf of Mercia (796-821),(4) and presumably added the spurious date.
		From his time the Hwiccian dynasty, never truly independent of Mercia, were termed under-kings or ealdormen.(7) Wessex however showed fight.
		Cenwulf of Mercia, alleged father of the saint.
	www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /Bath/Saxon/OffasAbbey.htm (783 words)

	List of monarchs of Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Geography, acendancy, and decline of the Kingdom of Mercia, and the earldom as it existed under the Danelaw.
		This diocese took its rise in the conversion of Mercia by St. Cedd and his three companions in 652 and subsequent years.
		King of Mercia (reigned 704-709); date of birth and death unknown.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Kings_of_Mercia (1379 words)

	Franks and Anglo-Saxons 613-899 by Sanderson Beck
		When Mercia king Penda attacked, the East Angles compelled Sigbert to lead their army; but he would only carry a stick and was killed along with Egric, as their army scattered.
		Mercia's Penda had to recognize Northumbrian overlordship, but in 642 he defeated and killed Northumbria's king Oswald, who after his death was revered as a saint.
		Mercia was reduced to its own borders; but after Kent's Aethelberht died in 762, Mercia soon regained power over Kent and the archbishop of Canterbury.
	www.san.beck.org /AB16-Franks613-899.html (16782 words)

	English Historical Documents
		Restoration by Cenwulf, king of Mercia, to Christ Church, Canterbury, of lands in Kent granted by Egbert, king of Kent, and revoked by Offa, king of Mercia (799)
		Grant by Cenwulf, king of Mercia, and Cuthred, king of Kent, to the abbess of Lyminge, of land in Canterbury as a refuge (804)
		Privilege of Ceolwulf II of Mercia, freeing the diocese of Worcester from the charge of feeding the king's horses, in return for spiritual benefits and the lease for four lives of land at Daylesford, Worcestershire (875)
	www.trin.cam.ac.uk /sdk13/sdkmisc/ehdlist.html (3234 words)

	Biography of Ecgfrith of Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		December 14/17, 796) was a King of Mercia who briefly ruled in the year 796.
		He was the son and heir of King Offa of Mercia, and in 787, Offa had Ecgfrith crowned as co-ruler by the Archbishop of Lichfield.
		He succeeded his father on July 26, 796, but despite Offa's efforts to secure his son's succession, Ecgfrith survived for only five months: he died in December 796, possibly having been murdered by Cenwulf, who took power after his death.
	biography-1.qardinalinfo.com /e/Ecgfrith_of_Mercia.html (90 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH King Egbert WEST SAXONY ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
		Moreover the kingdom of Mercia very soon recovered its independence and it was a long time before West Saxon rulers were able to wield any real authority over the Northumbrians.
		Each in turn had held hedgemony in England- Northumbria in the seventhcentury, Mercia in the eighth; last of all Wessex, for a short space under King Egbert, had been recognized as the first kingdom in the country.
		In 829 he conquered Mercia itself and led his army to the Northumbrian border, where at Dore, near Sheffield, he exacted Northumbrian recognition of his overlordship.
	www.geneal.net /1025.htm (2517 words)

	Mercia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Mercia, deutsch Mercien, war eines der sieben angelsächsischen Königreiche während der Heptarchie.
		Jahrhundert von den Angeln nördlich der Themse gegründet und dehnte sich vom späten 6.
		Die Eigenständigkeit ging zu Ende, als das Land in einen dänischen und einen vom Königreich Wessex eroberten Teil getrennt wurde.
	www.tocatch.info /de/Mercia.htm (203 words)

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