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Cearl (or Ceorl) was an
early king of
Mercia who
ruled during the
early part of the 7th century,
until about 626. He is the
first Mercian king mentioned...
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additional detail.
Pybba is said by the
Historia Brittonum to have had 12 sons.
Cearl, a
Mercian king, is
mentioned by Bede, and may have been Pybba's successor...
- "free man". The Old
English descendant of this word was
Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of King
Cearl of Mercia, that
disappeared after the
Norman conquest...
- Huntingdon,
writing in the 12th century,
claimed that
Cearl was a
kinsman of Pybba. It is also
possible that
Cearl and
Penda were
dynastic rivals.
According to...
- East Anglia, at the
Battle of the
River Idle. It has been
suggested that
Cearl, the Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia, may have also been
involved and shared...
- Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle King of
Mercia Reign c. 626 – 5
August 642 AD
Predecessor Cearl Successor Penda Died 5
August 642 AD at Maes Cogwy,
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social rank in Anglo-Saxon England, the
lowest class of "free" men King
Cearl of Mercia, Anglo-Saxon
ruler in the
early 7th
century This disambiguation...
- kings. His son
Pybba succeeded him in 593.
Cearl, a
kinsman of Creoda,
followed Pybba in 606; in 615,
Cearl gave his
daughter Cwenburga in
marriage to...
- Son of Creoda.
Extended Mercian control into the
western Midlands. c. 606
Cearl c. 606–c. 626
Named as king by Bede, not
included in
later regnal lists...
- the
Frankish warriors, and
Theuderic is
forced to sign a
peace treaty.
Cearl succeeds Pybba as king of
Mercia (English Midlands). King
Harsha of Thanesar...
