Otto, the King of England (possibly referring to Charles' contemporary Offa of Mercia), and is a cousin to Orlando and Rinaldo, and a descendant of Charles...
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Spirito in Sassia. Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia. Reader, Rebecca (1994). "Chapter Three: Matthew Paris and Offa of Mercia". Matthew Paris and Anglo-Saxon...
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Wessex, while he was exiled in West Francia by Beorhtric of Wessex and Offa of Mercia; the two later married. According to historians such as Pierre Riché...
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Sub-King (760s–770s) Æthelberht II, King (c.779–794) Offa, King (c.796), also King of Kent and of Mercia Eadwald, King (c.796–c.800) Kingdom of Essex (complete...
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Scholars suggest that Charlemagne was inspired to mint this coin after Offa of Mercia had earlier done so for his wife Cynetryth. After Christmas 793, Charlemagne...
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Æthelred of Mercia King of Mercia 675–704, abdicated 704 Coenred of Mercia King of Mercia 704-709, abdicated 709 Beornred of Mercia King of Mercia in 757,...
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and imposed across Western Europe by the Emperor Charlemagne. King Offa of Mercia adopted the Frankish silver standard of librae, solidi and denarii into...
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complex, called Schola Saxonum or Burgus Saxonum, was extended by Offa, king of Mercia, who built for the British pilgrims traveling to Rome a xenodochium...
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FitzGerald dynasty (section Lords of Offaly)
of Kildare, 28th Earl of Kildare, 9th Earl of Offaly, 9th Viscount Leinster of Taplow, 14th Baron Offaly, 6th Baron Kildare. The surname FitzGerald is...
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punish the bishop for sheltering one of his enemies, Prince Offa. He then besieges Prince Offa, son of the late King Aldfrith, in Lindisfarne Priory. Almost...
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Australian rugby league footballer (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, national team). Mercia MacDermott, 95, English writer and historian. Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi...
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Venice. During his reign, Venetian wealth is increased via trade. King Offa of Mercia conquers Kent, and brings an end to the rule of kings Ealhmund and Sigered...
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controlled Crowland Fens. Kings Swæfred and Sigeheard of Essex share power with Offa. He abdicates the throne in order to become a monk in Rome, along with Coenred...
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fought at Oswestry in 641 or 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Penda of Mercia and Oswald of Northumbria. However, the location of the battle is debated...
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earthwork Offa's Dyke ran through the village and it is still visible today, in small sections, running adjacent to Chapel Lane. The Offa's Dyke Path...
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Press, pp. 55–74, ISBN 978-0-7185-1317-7 Wormald, P. (1982), "The Age of Offa and Alcuin", in Campbell, J. (ed.), The Anglo-Saxons, Phaidon, pp. 101–28...
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2022-11-14 – via BHL. "Descrizione di un nuovo falcone di Sardegna (Falco eleonorae)". Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. 2 (in Italian). 2:...
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within the developing medieval street-grid. The tradition that King Offa of Mercia (r. 757-796) (whose control of London was central to his power in the...
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