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Camden, William (1610). "A Chronological description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland". London: George Bishop and John Norton.

Margaret Gelling. 'The Early History of Western Mercia'. (p.184–201; In: The Origins of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms. S. Bassett. 1989) Once a kingdom in its own right, disputed with Northumbria in the 7th century before finally coming under Mercian control (roughly corresponding to the historic riding of Lindsey in Lincolnshire). The Battle of Ellendun proved decisive. At this point, Mercia lost control of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and possibly also Essex. [20] Beornwulf was slain while suppressing a revolt amongst the East Angles, and his successor, a former ealdorman named Ludeca (reigned 826–827), met the same fate. Another ealdorman, Wiglaf, subsequently ruled for less than two years before Egbert of Wessex drove him out of Mercia. In 830 Wiglaf regained independence for Mercia, but by this time Wessex had clearly become the dominant power in England. Circa 840 Beorhtwulf succeeded Wiglaf. [21] Arrival of the Danes [ edit ] The Five Boroughs and English Mercia in the early 10th century [22] Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found".BBC News.24 September 2009 . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8272058.stm .Retrieved 24 September 2009.A disorganised region under Mercian control from the 7th century (roughly corresponding to Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Lancashire south of the River Ribble). It was the most northern extent of the kingdom, and at certain times was claimed by Northumbria and Danelaw. The royal court moved around the kingdom without a fixed capital city. Early in its existence Repton seems to have been the location of an important royal estate. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it was from Repton in 873–874 that the Great Heathen Army deposed the King of Mercia. Slightly earlier, King Offa seems to have favoured Tamworth. It was there where he was crowned and spent many a Christmas. was murdered by one of his bodyguards in 757, and a civil war broke out which was concluded with the victory of Offa, a king bearing the name of the ancient hero king of the English when they lived in Germany. Offa was forced to build anew the hegemony over the southern English, and he did this so successfully that he became the greatest king Mercia had ever known. Not only did he win battles and dominate the south, also he took an active hand in administering the affairs of his kingdom by founding market towns and overseeing the first major issues of gold coins in Britain; he assumed a role in the administration of the Church in England (sponsoring the short-lived archbishopric of Lichfield), and negotiated with Charlemagne as an equal. Offa indeed took the title "Emperor of Britain", and this may have inspired Charlemagne to take the title of Roman Emperor, perhaps on the urging of his adviser, Alcuin of York, a Northumbrian. Nephew of Æthelstan. Seized control of Mercia and Northumbria in May 957, before succeeding to the reunited English throne in Oct 959. Possibly a descendant of the C-dynasty, of which Ceolwulf I was a member, perhaps via intermarriage with W-dynasty. Lost eastern Mercia to the Danes in 877.

Civic heraldry of England and Wales – Hertdordshire". www.civicheraldry.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008 . Retrieved 15 January 2008.

St Chad (right) is still celebrated in modern stained-glass windows, as here at St Nicholas in Fulford near Uttoxeter. As Bishop of Lichfield, he holds a crozier in one hand, and a copy of Lichfield Cathedral in the other. In Bram Stoker's 1911 novel The Lair of the White Worm, explicitly set in Mercia (see above), the Mercian white wyvern sans legs of the Midland Railway was transformed into a monstrous beast, the eponymous worm of the title. The word "worm" is derived from Old English wyrm and originally referred to a dragon or serpent. "Wyvern" derives from Old Saxon wivere, also meaning serpent, and is etymologically related to viper. [55] Mercia's exact evolution at the start of the Anglo-Saxon era is more obscure than that of Northumbria, Kent, or even Wessex. Bede tells us that Northumbria, East Anglia and Mercia were settled by the tribe known as the Angles, while south of them were the Saxons, though such a stark division by the tribes may be oversimplification. The Mercian kings claimed descent from King Icel of the Angles, who was believed to have ruled in Germany, and from Offa, the hero-king of Germanic legend. All the following are kings, unless specified. Those in italics are probably legendary, are of dubious authenticity, or may not have reigned.

Wife of Æthelred II and daughter of Alfred of Wessex. Possibly descended from earlier Mercian kings via her mother. With her brother, Edward the Elder, reconquered eastern Mercia. Leicestershire History: What is the Origin of the Leicester Wyvern?". Archived from the original on 26 August 2019 . Retrieved 12 June 2019. Mercia ( / ˈ m ɜːr ʃ i ə, - ʃ ə, - s i ə/, [1] [2] Old English: Miercna rīċe; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlands of England.Dow, George (1973). Railway Heraldry: and other insignia. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. ISBN 978-0715358962. Starr, Brian Daniel (2007). Ancestral Secrets of Knighthood. BookSurge Publishing. p.135. ISBN 978-1419680120. Hooke, Della Anglo-Saxon Territorial Organisation: The Western Margins of Mercia, University of Birmingham, Dept. of Geography, Occasional Paper 22 (1986) pp.1–45

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