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Penda (died 15 November 655) was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful ...
Penda was an Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from about 632 until 655, who made Mercia one of the most powerful kingdoms in England and temporarily delayed the rise of Northumbria. In 628 Penda defeated a West Saxon people known as the Hwicce at the Battle of Cirencester (in present-day Gloucestershire)
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May 3, 2023 · Penda, king of Mercia, was said to be a brutal warmonger who turned Mercia from a largely irrelevant tract of middle England into the most powerful kingdom in the land. Much of his life is shrouded in mystery yet he remains a central figure in English history.
Dec 11, 2020 · In 626, when he was around twenty-five years old, Penda became the King of Mercia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle writes that shortly after Penda's accession to the Mercian throne, he fought with Cynglis King of Wessex, and his heir, Cwichelm.
May 26, 2024 · In the fragmented world of early Anglo-Saxon England, the kingdom of Mercia emerged from humble beginnings to dominate the island for nearly two centuries. Rising from marcher lords along the Trent Valley to Bretwalda over-kings claiming imperial power, the Mercians left an indelible mark on English history.
Penda (c. 606 - 15 November 655) was a 7th century King of Mercia. He was a noble of the royal house of Mercia and a pagan his entire life. Penda was the central figure in English history from 632 until his death.
Nov 30, 2018 · The Kingdom of Mercia (c. 527-879 CE) was an Anglo- Saxon political entity located in the midlands of present-day Britain and bordered on the south by the Kingdom of Wessex, on the west by Wales, north by Northumbria, and on the east by East Anglia.
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