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Mercia ( / ˈmɜːrʃiə, - ʃə, - siə /, [1] [2] Old English: Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy.
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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Based around its capital of Tamworth, Mercia went through rapid expansion throughout the 6th and 7th centuries to be one of the ‘big three’ kingdoms of England along with Northumbria and Wessex. In this article, we outline the many Kings and Queens of Mercia from Icel in the early 500’s all the way through to Ælfwynn in 918 who annexed ...
Mar 27, 2024 · The Kingdom of Mercia, one of the most influential Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, thrived between the 6th and 10th centuries. Its story is a vivid tapestry of conquests, diplomacy, cultural achievement, and eventual decline, reflecting the complex dynamics of early medieval England.
Mercia, kingdom of. Mercia dominated Anglo-Saxon politics in the late 7th and 8th cents. The name ‘Mercians’ means ‘the borderers’ and is thought to derive from their position between the Anglo-Saxon settlements of the east coast and British kingdoms of the west.
Feb 21, 2023 · We do not know that the first Mercian king was called Icel and he founded Mercia’s first capital at Tamworth, in the UK county of Staffordshire. He seems to have been king from 515 AD onwards although the Flores Historiarum (a 13th-century chronicle) puts Mercia’s founding as happening in 527 AD.
Repton – Capital of The Kingdom of Mercia. The history of the North Midlands is writ large on this ancient town set high above the quiet meadows bordering the River Trent. Its history is traced from Saxon and Norman times, through Tudor to the present day.
