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Nov 24, 2020 · Considered one of the most powerful kings in Anglo-Saxon England, Offa was the king of Mercia – a southern English kingdom that proved itself a real force to reckon with between the 7th and 9th centuries. Following the civil war that ensued after the assassination of King Aethelbald of Mercia (reign, 716-757), Offa went on to defeat Beornred ...
Mar 13, 2019 · Discover the political intrigue of the Kingdom of Mercia and immerse yourself in three epic Historical romances set in 7th Century Anglo-Saxon Britain. "Jayne Castel is the best at delivering Dark Ages historical fiction that is so believable, gritty, hopeful, with powerful emotion.”
The Kingdom of Mercia is a series of historical romance novels set in Anglo-Saxon England. These are stand-alone novels set around the lives of actual Mercian Kings (Penda, Paeda and Wulfhere), from 641 AD. This was a time of great expansion for the Kingdom of Mercia, before Northumbria rose to dominance. What readers are saying:
In this charter Æthelbald was described not only as ‘rex Merciorum’ and ‘rex sutanglorum’ (king of Mercia and king of the South English), but he also took the title of ‘rex Britanniae ’, king of Britain, while in death he was perhaps commemorated as the triumphant warrior-king of the Repton cross-shaft. KEYWORDS: Anglo Saxons ...
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. Æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the Viking invasions of England.
Wessex. The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until England was unified in 927. The Anglo-Saxons believed that Wessex was founded by Cerdic and Cynric of the Gewisse, though this is considered by some to be a legend.
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