# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ludeca-of-mercia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T07:40:16.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ludeca-of-mercia"
name: "Ludeca of Mercia"
slug: "ludeca-of-mercia"
description: "Ludeca or Ludica was the King of Mercia from 826 to 827. He became king after the death of Beornwulf in battle against the rebellious East Angles, but he too was killed in another failed attempt to subjugate them in the following year."
tagline: "King of Mercia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ludeca%2C_King_of_Mercia%2C_silver_penny_(London_mint)%3B_struck_825%E2%80%93827_AD_(obverse).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "800"
deathDate: "827"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.87
  momentum:             3.560606060606061
  historical:           15.35475333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_(Mercia)"
    title: "Ludeca (Mercia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Людыка"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca"
    title: "Ludeca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_af_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca af Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca"
    title: "Ludeca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BA%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Λουντέκα της Μερκίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_of_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_de_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca"
    title: "Ludeca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca"
    title: "Ludeca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_de_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_di_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca di Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeka"
    title: "Ludeka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_van_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca van Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_da_M%C3%A9rcia"
    title: "Ludeca da Mércia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8)"
    title: "Лудека (король Мерсии)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_of_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_av_Mercia"
    title: "Ludeca av Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%96%D1%97)"
    title: "Лудека (король Мерсії)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q721826"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump