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Mercia (/ˈmɜːrsiə, -ʃə, -siə/, Old English:
Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the
border people"; Latin:
Merciorum regnum) was one of the prin****l
kingdoms founded...
- 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...
- kingdoms,
conventionally the
seven kingdoms of East Anglia, Es****, Kent,
Mercia, Northumbria, Sus****, and Wes****. The term
originated with the twelfth-century...
- Offa (born
circa 730, died 29 July 796 AD) was King of
Mercia, a
kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757
until his
death in 796. The son of Thingfrith...
- the
kingdom of
Mercia,
which at that time
dominated the
other southern English kingdoms. In 825,
Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of
Mercia,
ended Mercian...
- the
death or
disappearance of
Mercia's last king,
Ceolwulf II, in 879. He is also
sometimes called the
Ealdorman of
Mercia. Æthelred's rule was confined...
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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...
- Look up
Mercia, Mercian, or
Mercians in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon
kingdom covering the
region now
known as the English...
- century) may have been one of the
first kings of the Anglo-Saxon
kingdom of
Mercia,
ruling toward the end of the 6th century.
Although he is
mentioned in a...
- West
Mercia Police (/ˈmɜːrsiə/),
formerly the West
Mercia Constabulary, is the
territorial police force responsible for
policing the
counties of Herefordshire...
