and Wharfe in the east. It adjoined the kingdom of Deira to the north and Mercia to the south, and its western boundary appears to have been near Craven...

France. He rules together with his kinsman Ecgric, re-establishing Christianity. King Penda of Mercia besieges Exeter in southwest England. King Cadwallon...

earls", the other two being Godwine, Earl of Wessex and Leofwine, Earl of Mercia. Northern England in the 11th-century was a region quite distinct from the...

occurred in 655 when King Penda was slain in the Battle of the Winwaed and Mercia became officially Christian for the first time. The death of Penda also...

cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. Since 1150, its bishop has been the Dean of the College of Cardinals. Its Cathedral is Basilica di Sant'Aurea. From 1105 to...

the Staller. Alternatively, it has also been argued that Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife Lady Godiva were Hereward's real parents. There is no evidence...

Elizabeth Rees-Williams, divorcing in 1975; finally, in 1978, he married Mercia Tinker, his sixth and final wife. In 1980, despite his having married twice...

Midlands People: Midlanders Proposed state: Mercia Advocacy groups: Acting Witan of Mercia, Sovereign Mercia London People: Londoners Proposed state: London...

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Northumbria. These encountered a setback when Penda, the pagan king of Mercia, killed the newly Christian Edwin of Northumbria at the Battle of Hatfield...

of the Saxons, in which many kings of Northern Europe, like Burgred of Mercia, or the Prince Alfred the Great, found rest after an exhausting journey...

Le epigrafi romane di Canosa, Volume 1, Edipuglia srl, 1990, pp. 261, 264.; Ciro Santoro, "Per la nuova iscrizione messapica di Oria", La Zagaglia, A...

At the time there were rumours that she was poisoned, possibly by Gregory di Casale. According to the chronicler Edward Hall, Anne Boleyn wore yellow for...

Weapons and Warfare. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-1910-2. The Thegns of Mercia: Weapons Echevarría, José María Moreno (1975). Los Almogávares. Rotativa...

Surrey Police Sussex Police Thames Valley Police Warwickshire Police West Mercia Police West Midlands Police West Yorkshire Police Wiltshire Police National...

woman exercising temporal powers in her own right, as had Æthelflæd of Mercia. Notably, Matilda's husband Geoffrey never adopted the equivalent dominus...

and Jennie Jacques since season 3. Kwenthrith Pretender to the throne of Mercia, and sister of Prince Burgred. She has a putative illegitimate son, Magnus...

Saxon hamlet on the edge of the Forest of Arden at the fringe of the early Mercia into a major city. A combination of immigration, innovation and civic pride...

Australian rugby league footballer (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, national team). Mercia MacDermott, 95, English writer and historian. Ossama bin Abdul Majed Shobokshi...

Portrayed by Jay Duffy. Prince Burgred Based on the historical Burgred of Mercia. Portrayed by Aaron Monaghan. Prince Egbert The son of King Aelle and Queen...

and then replace Elizabeth with Mary. The plot, masterminded by Roberto di Ridolfi, was discovered and Howard was beheaded. The next major uprising was...

Though she was not always extravagant (she had her old stockings darned for re-use and her old dresses were recycled as furniture covers), she would dismiss...

Oswiu's daughter Alchflaed with Peada of Mercia, Oswiu had sent Cedd to evangelize the Middle Angles of Mercia.) The Roman party was led by Wilfrid and...

medieval Anglo-Saxon noblewoman and church patron, wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia MPC · 3018 3019 Kulin 1940 AC György Kulin (1905–1989), Hungarian astronomer...

show was produced by John Holmes alongside Jo Porter, MaryAnne Carroll and Di Drew. The final episode aired on 27 October 2009, completing its record-breaking...

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...

husband Aethelred, Ealdorman of Mercia (883–911), in 911. She was a skilled military leader and tactician, who defended Mercia against neighboring tribes for...

drawn back to Northumbria, and afterwards to Mercia. By the end of 874, the kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia and Northumbria were finally broken. At this...

hoard discovered in Oxfordshire, which once lay on the border of Wessex and Mercia. The hoard contains over 200 Anglo-Saxon coins, including many examples...

Elizabeth Bowser. Bowser's eldest sister, Mercia, died of COVID-19 on February 24, 2021. Bowser wrote, "Mercia was loved immensely and will be missed greatly...