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List of monarchs of Mercia and Mercia

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Difference between List of monarchs of Mercia and Mercia

List of monarchs of Mercia vs. Mercia

The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th. Mercia (Miercna rīce) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy.

Similarities between List of monarchs of Mercia and Mercia

List of monarchs of Mercia and Mercia have 51 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alfred the Great, Angles, Anglo-Saxon paganism, Anglo-Saxons, Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, Ælfwynn, Æthelbald of Mercia, Æthelflæd, Æthelred of Mercia, Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, Æthelstan, Æthelwulf, Bede, Beorhtwulf of Mercia, Beornwulf of Mercia, Burgred of Mercia, Cearl of Mercia, Ceolred of Mercia, Ceolwulf I of Mercia, Ceolwulf II of Mercia, Cnut the Great, Coenred of Mercia, Coenwulf of Mercia, Creoda of Mercia, Eadric Streona, Ealdorman, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Ecgfrith of Mercia, Edgar the Peaceful, Edmund Ironside, ..., Edward the Elder, Edwin of Northumbria, Edwin, Earl of Mercia, Heptarchy, Hwicce, Iclingas, Kings of the Angles, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, Ludeca of Mercia, Offa of Mercia, Offa's Dyke, Old English, Oswiu, Peada of Mercia, Penda of Mercia, Pybba of Mercia, Tamworth, Staffordshire, The Midlands, Wessex, Wiglaf of Mercia, Wulfhere of Mercia. Expand index (21 more) »

Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great (Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel" or "wise elf"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.

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Angles

The Angles (Angli) were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period.

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Anglo-Saxon paganism

Anglo-Saxon paganism, sometimes termed Anglo-Saxon heathenism, Anglo-Saxon pre-Christian religion, or Anglo-Saxon traditional religion, refers to the religious beliefs and practices followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the 5th and 8th centuries AD, during the initial period of Early Medieval England.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia

Ælfgar (died c. 1060) was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his famous mother Godgifu (Lady Godiva).

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Ælfwynn

Ælfwynn was the ruler of Mercia for a few months in 918, following her mother's death on 12 June 918.

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Æthelbald of Mercia

Æthelbald (also spelled Ethelbald, or Aethelbald) (died 757) was the King of Mercia, in what is now the English Midlands from 716 until he was killed in 757.

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Æthelflæd

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (870 – 12 June 918), ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death.

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Æthelred of Mercia

Æthelred (died after 704) was King of Mercia from 675 until 704.

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Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians

Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (or Ealdorman Æthelred of Mercia; died 911) became ruler of English Mercia shortly after the death of its last king, Ceolwulf II in 879.

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Æthelstan

Æthelstan or Athelstan (Old English: Æþelstan, or Æðelstān, meaning "noble stone"; 89427 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to 939.

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Æthelwulf

Æthelwulf (Old English for "Noble Wolf"; died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858.

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Bede

Bede (italic; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Bēda Venerābilis), was an English Benedictine monk at the monastery of St.

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Beorhtwulf of Mercia

Beorhtwulf (meaning "bright wolf"; also spelled Berhtwulf; died 852) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 839 or 840 to 852.

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Beornwulf of Mercia

Beornwulf (died 826) was King of Mercia (roughly the Midlands of England) from 823 to 826.

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Burgred of Mercia

Burgred (also Burhred or Burghred) was an Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia from 852 to 874.

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Cearl of Mercia

Cearl (or Ceorl) was an early king of Mercia who ruled during the early part of the 7th century, until about 626.

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Ceolred of Mercia

Ceolred (died 716) was King of Mercia from 709 to 716.

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Ceolwulf I of Mercia

Ceolwulf I was King of Mercia, East Anglia and Kent, from 821 to 823.

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Ceolwulf II of Mercia

Ceolwulf II (died c. 879) was the last king of independent Mercia.

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Cnut the Great

Cnut the GreatBolton, The Empire of Cnut the Great: Conquest and the Consolidation of Power in Northern Europe in the Early Eleventh Century (Leiden, 2009) (Cnut se Micela, Knútr inn ríki. Retrieved 21 January 2016. – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute—whose father was Sweyn Forkbeard (which gave him the patronym Sweynsson, Sveinsson)—was King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire.

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Coenred of Mercia

Coenred (also spelled Cenred or Cœnred fl. 675–709) was king of Mercia from 704 to 709.

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Coenwulf of Mercia

Coenwulf (also spelled Cenwulf, Kenulf, or Kenwulph) was King of Mercia from December 796 until his death in 821.

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Creoda of Mercia

Creoda (Cryda or Crida, 6th century) may have been the first king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, ruling toward the end of the 6th century.

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Eadric Streona

Eadric Streona (died 1017) was Ealdorman of Mercia from 1007 to 1017.

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Ealdorman

An ealdorman (from Old English ealdorman, lit. "elder man"; plural: "ealdormen") was a high-ranking royal official and prior magistrate of an Anglo-Saxon shire or group of shires from about the ninth century to the time of King Cnut.

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Ecgberht, King of Wessex

Ecgberht (771/775 – 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, or Ecgbriht, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839.

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Ecgfrith of Mercia

Ecgfrith was king of Mercia from 29 July to December 796.

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Edgar the Peaceful

Edgar (Ēadgār; 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of England from 959 until his death.

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Edmund Ironside

Edmund Ironside (c.990 – 30 November 1016), also known as Edmund II, was King of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016.

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Edward the Elder

Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death.

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Edwin of Northumbria

Edwin (Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 616 until his death.

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Edwin, Earl of Mercia

Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine) (died 1071) was the elder brother of Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, son of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia and grandson of Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

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Heptarchy

The Heptarchy is a collective name applied to the seven petty kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in 5th century until their unification into the Kingdom of England in the early 10th century.

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Hwicce

Hwicce (Old English: /ʍi:kt͡ʃe/) was a tribal kingdom in Anglo-Saxon England.

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Iclingas

The Iclingas (also Iclings or House of Icel) were a dynasty of Kings of Mercia during the 7th and 8th centuries, named for Icel or Icil, great-grandson of Offa of Angel, a legendary or semi-legendary figure of the Migration Period who was in turn made to descend from Woden by the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies.

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Kings of the Angles

The Angles were a dominant Germanic tribe in the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, and gave their name to the English, England and to the region of East Anglia.

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Leofric, Earl of Mercia

Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia.

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Ludeca of Mercia

Ludeca was King of Mercia, from 826 to 827 AD.

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Offa of Mercia

Offa was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in July 796.

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Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the current border between England and Wales.

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Old English

Old English (Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.

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Oswiu

Oswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (Ōswīg) (c. 612 – 15 February 670), was King of Bernicia from 642 until his death.

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Peada of Mercia

Peada (died 656), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655The year could be pushed back to 654 if a revised interpretation of Bede's dates is used.

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Penda of Mercia

Penda (died 15 November 655)Manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle gives the year as 655.

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Pybba of Mercia

Pybba (570?–606/615) (also Pibba, Wibba, Wybba) was an early King of Mercia.

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Tamworth, Staffordshire

Tamworth is a large market town in Staffordshire, England, northeast of Birmingham and northwest of London.

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The Midlands

The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.

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Wessex

Wessex (Westseaxna rīce, the "kingdom of the West Saxons") was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from 519 until England was unified by Æthelstan in the early 10th century.

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Wiglaf of Mercia

Wiglaf (died 839) was King of Mercia from 827 to 829 and again from 830 until his death.

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Wulfhere of Mercia

Wulfhere or Wulfar (died 675) was King of Mercia from 658 until 675 AD.

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List of monarchs of Mercia and Mercia Comparison

List of monarchs of Mercia has 109 relations, while Mercia has 254. As they have in common 51, the Jaccard index is 14.05% = 51 / (109 + 254).

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