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Mercian Supremacy (491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Recorded by Bede as the nemesis of early Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, Penda of Mercia achieved an early expansion of his kingdom's territory, but his reign

Dobunni (1,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as the River Severn. These gains were reversed 50 years later when Penda of Mercia fought the West Saxons at the Battle of Cirencester, and the area came

List of Anglo-Welsh wars (4,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of King Edwin and an alliance between King Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia. The battle ended in the death of Edwin and drove the Northumbrian

Pengwern (1,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Castle may be Pengwern. Cynddylan apparently joined forces with king Penda of Mercia to protect his realm, possibly also for personal reasons, as his brother

Clemen ap Bledric (807 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, King Penda of Mercia besieged Exeter until the exiled King Cadwallon of Gwynedd arrived

Cynddylan (1,369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

died before 642 when his sons, chief of whom was Cynddylan, joined Penda of Mercia in the defeat of King Oswald of Northumbria at the Battle of Maserfield

January 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (1,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

kingdom, later himself becoming a monk. He was killed by the pagan King Penda of Mercia and was venerated as a martyr. He became Bishop of Clermont in Auvergne

Much Wenlock (3,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

an abbey or monastery founded around 680 by Merewalh, a son of King Penda of Mercia, with the small town within its parish boundaries. King Penda installed

August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (1,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

in battle at Maserfield fighting against the champion of paganism, Penda of Mercia. He has always been venerated as a martyr and his head is still in

Dumnonia (3,467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

possession of Exeter in 632, when it was bravely defended against Penda of Mercia until relieved by Cadwallon, who engaged and, according to Geoffrey

March 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) (1,954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Cyneburgh, Cyneswith and Tibba. Cyneburgh and Cyneswith were daughters of Penda of Mercia in England, who was notorious for his opposition to Orthodoxy. The

List of monastic houses in Gloucestershire (1,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gloucester church of secular canons traditionally founded 660 by a son of Penda of Mercia; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 890s/refounded 909 by Æthelflæd/Æthelflæda

Y Gododdin (5,843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suggested that the British king Caedualla, who led a coalition including Penda of Mercia to overthrow and kill Edwin, king of Deira, was from northern England

History of Yorkshire (7,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

baptised at Eoforwic. His defeat at the Battle of Hatfield Chase by Penda of Mercia in 633 was followed by continuing struggles between Mercia and Northumbria

Thomas Bell (mayor of Gloucester) (4,602 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

was a female 7th-century Mercian saint, daughter of the pagan King Penda of Mercia. She married King Ealhfrith, co-regent of Northumbria (who attended

List of monastic houses in England (2,841 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Gloucester church of secular canons traditionally founded 660 by a son of Penda of Mercia; Augustinian Canons Regular founded 890s/refounded 909 by Æthelflæd/Æthelflæda