# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/penda-of-mercia
# Generated: 2026-09-01T23:27:20.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/penda-of-mercia"
name: "Penda of Mercia"
slug: "penda-of-mercia"
description: "Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633."
tagline: "7th-century King of Mercia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Penda_of_Mercia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "606"
deathDate: "0655-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.7
  momentum:             5.492390331244405
  historical:           21.30712133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80_(%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E7%8E%8B)"
    title: "ペンダ (マーシア王)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_Miercna_Cyning"
    title: "Penda Miercna Cyning"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "بيندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "بيندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "پندای مرسیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_af_Mercia"
    title: "Penda af Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Πέντα της Μερκίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_of_Mercia"
    title: "Penda of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_de_Mercia"
    title: "Penda de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "پندای مرسیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_fan_Mersia"
    title: "Penda fan Mersia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_merciai_kir%C3%A1ly"
    title: "Penda merciai király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_dari_Mercia"
    title: "Penda dari Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda"
    title: "Penda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penda_di_Mercia"
    title: "Penda di Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332123"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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