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  2. 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 ...

  3. Apr 1, 2024 · Penda (died Nov. 15, 655) 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.

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  4. 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.

  5. Dec 11, 2020 · Penda of Mercia. The Medieval World The Middle Ages. Around 606 AD, Pybba King of Mercia died leaving behind a young family. His infant son, Penda, grew up in the shadow of his father's reign, and would eventually rule over Western Mercia and the territory of Hwicce.

  6. 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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  7. Nov 7, 2021 · Penda of Mercia was a king of the people, an expert politician and a tolerant, inclusive leader who was in some ways ahead of his time. The Mercian empire he built would go on to define England’s political landscape for centuries to come.

  8. 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.

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