{"id":206,"date":"2013-09-11T19:12:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whiteravens.org\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2013-09-20T14:57:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T18:57:32","slug":"mercia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whiteravens.org\/?page_id=206","title":{"rendered":"Mercia"},"content":{"rendered":"

History<\/h3>\n

The Kingdom of Mercia (i.e., Miercna R\u012bce<\/em>) occupied the region now known as the Midlands. The name Mercia is a Latinization of the OE word Mierce<\/em> or Myrce<\/em> meaning “border people”.<\/p>\n

\"Mercia\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0Map of “Mercia<\/a>” created by “Amitchell125”, English Wikipedia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Cyningas<\/h3>\n
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    1. Icel (ca. 527- ); son Eomer, last King of the Angles<\/li>\n
    2. Cnebba; son of Icel<\/li>\n
    3. Cynewald; son of Cnebba<\/li>\n
    4. Creoda (ca. 584-ca. 593); son of Cynewald<\/li>\n
    5. Pybba (ca. 593-ca. 606); son of Creoda<\/li>\n
    6. Cearl (ca. 606-ca. 626)<\/li>\n
    7. Penda (ca. 626-655); son of Pybba, killed in battle by Oswiu of Northumbria<\/li>\n
    8. Eowa (ca. 635-642); son of Pybba, killed in battle<\/li>\n
    9. Peada (ca. 653-656); son of Penda, joint ruler of southeast Mercia, murdered<\/li>\n
    10. Oswiu of Northumbria (655-658)<\/li>\n
    11. Wulfhere (658-675); son of Penda, first Christian king<\/li>\n
    12. \u00c6\u00feelred I (675-704); son of Penda, abdicated, retired to monastery<\/li>\n
    13. C\u0153nred (704-709); son of Wulfhere, abdicated, retired to Rome<\/li>\n
    14. Ceolred (709-716)<\/li>\n
    15. Ceolwald (716); son of\u00a0\u00c6\u00feelred I, possibly poisoned<\/li>\n
    16. \u00c6\u00feelbald<\/a> (716-757); grandson of Eowa, murdered by bodyguards<\/li>\n
    17. Beornred (757); no known relations, deposed by Offa, burnt to death<\/li>\n
    18. Offa (757-796); great, great, grandson of Eowa<\/li>\n
    19. Ecgfrith (787-796); son of Offa, joint ruler, died suddenly<\/li>\n
    20. C\u0153nwulf<\/a> (796-821); descendant of Pybba, self-titled “emperor”<\/li>\n
    21. Cynehelm (ca. 798-812); son of\u00a0C\u0153nwulf<\/a>, canonized<\/li>\n
    22. Ceowulf I (821-823); brother of\u00a0C\u0153nwulf<\/a>, deposed by Beornwulf<\/li>\n
    23. Beornwulf (823-826); kinsman of Beorned, killed in battle<\/li>\n
    24. Ludeca (826-827); no known relations, killed in battle<\/li>\n
    25. Wiglaf<\/a> (827-829); no known relations; deposed by Ecgberht of Wessex<\/li>\n
    26. Ecgberht of Wessex<\/a> (829-830)<\/li>\n
    27. Wiglaf (830-839); restored<\/li>\n
    28. Wigmund (ca. 839-ca. 840); son of Wiglaf, son-in-law of Ceolwulf I<\/li>\n
    29. Wigstan (840); son of Wigmund, declined kingship, murdered by Beorhtwulf, canonized<\/li>\n
    30. \u00c6lffl\u00e6d (840); daughter of Ceolwulf I, wife of Wigmund, mother of Wigstan, regent<\/li>\n
    31. Beorhtwulf<\/a> (840-852); possible cousin, usurped throne, forced\u00a0\u00c6lffl\u00e6d to marry son, Beorhtfrith<\/li>\n
    32. Burgred<\/a> (852-874); possible kinsman to Beorhtwulf; fled Danish invasion<\/li>\n
    33. Ceolwulf II<\/a> (874-879 or ca. 883); possible relation<\/li>\n
    34. \u00c6\u00feelred II (ca. 883-911); lord, ealdorman<\/li>\n
    35. \u00c6\u00feelfl\u00e6d (911-918); lady, wife of\u00a0\u00c6\u00feelred, daughter of Alfred of Wessex<\/li>\n
    36. \u00c6lfwynn (918); daughter of\u00a0\u00c6\u00feelred II and\u00a0\u00c6\u00feelfl\u00e6d; deposed by uncle, Eadweard the Elder<\/li>\n
    37. \u00c6\u00feelstan (924); so nof Eadweard the Elder, nephew of\u00a0\u00c6\u00feelfl\u00e6d<\/li>\n
    38. Eadgar (957-959); nephew of\u00a0\u00c6\u00feelstan<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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