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c. 515 - c. 535
Reign of King Icel, founder of Mercia.
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c. 535 - c. 545
Reign of King Cnebba in Mercia.
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c. 545 - c. 580
Reign of King Cynewald in Mercia.
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c. 580 - c. 595
Reign of King Creoda in Mercia.
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c. 595 - c. 606
Reign of King Pybba in Mercia.
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c. 606 - c. 625
Reign of King Cearl in Mercia; lands lost to Northumbria after
Battle of Chester.
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c. 616
Battle of Chester; Mercia loses Welsh kingdoms to Northumbria.
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c. 625 - 655
Reign of King Penda in Mercia; kingdom expands.
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628
Battle of Cirenchester; King Penda of Mercia defeats West
Saxons and takes land.
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633
Battle of Hatfield Chase; King Penda of Mercia defeats Northumbria and takes lands.
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655
Battle of the Winwaed; King Penda of Mercia killed; Mercia defeated by Northumbria and partitioned.
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655 - 656
Peada, son of Penda, rules southern Mercia.
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655 - 658
Oswiu of Northumbria rules northern Mercia.
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658 - 675
King Wulfhere reigns in Mercia; reunites the kingdom.
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675 - 704
King Aethelred I reigns in Mercia.
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704 - 709
King Coenred reigns in Mercia.
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709 - 716
King Ceolred reigns in Mercia. .
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716 - 757
King Aethelbald reigns in Mercia.
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757
Beornred reigns briefly in Mercia; deposed by Offa.
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757 - 796
King Offa reigns in Mercia; builds famous dyke along border with Wales.
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796
Offa's son Ecgfrith reigns briefly in Mercia.
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796 - 821
King Coenwulf reigns in Mercia.
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821 - 823
King Ceolwulf I reigns in Mercia.
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823 - 826
King Beornwulf reign in Mercia; loses supremacy to Mercia after
Battle of Ellandun.
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825
Battle of Ellandun; Wessex defeats Mercia, Mercian supremacy in the region lost. .
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826 - 827
King Ludeca reigns in Mercia.
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827 - 829
First reign of King Wiglaf in Mercia; deposed by Egbert of Wessex.
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827 - 829
First reign of King Wiglaf in Mercia; deposed by Egbert of Wessex.
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827 - 829
First reign of King Wiglaf in Mercia; deposed by Egbert of Wessex.
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827 - 829
First reign of King Wiglaf in Mercia; deposed by Egbert of Wessex.
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829 - 830
King Egbert of Wessex rules Mercia directly.
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830 - 839
Second reign of Wiglaf in Mercia.
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839 - 840
King Wigmund reigns in Mercia. .
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840
King Wigstan reigns in Mercia.
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840 - 852
King Beorhtwulf reigns in Mercia.
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852 - 874
King Burgred reigns in Mercia; deposed by
Viking army.
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874 - 883
King Ceolwulf II reigns in Mercia;
Viking puppet-king.
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879
King Ceolwulf II cedes eastern part of Mercia to
Vikings; end of united Mercian kingdom.
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883 - 911
King Aethelred II reigns in Mercia; submits to
Alfred the Great of Wessex as overlord.
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911 - 918
Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, reigns in Mercia.
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918
Lady Aelfwynn, daughter of
Aethelflaed, reigns briefly in Mercia.
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918
Aelfwynn deposed by Edward the Elder of Wessex; Mercia becomes part of
Kingdom of Wessex.
