# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thelbald-of-mercia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T12:40:07.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thelbald-of-mercia"
name: "Æthelbald of Mercia"
slug: "thelbald-of-mercia"
description: "Æthelbald was the King of Mercia, in what is now the English Midlands from 716 until he was killed in 757. Æthelbald was the son of Alweo and thus a grandson of King Eowa. Æthelbald came to the throne after the death of his cousin, King Ceolred, who had driven him into exile. During his long reign, Mercia became the dominant kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons, and recovered the position of pre-eminence it had enjoyed during the strong reigns of Mercian kings Penda and Wulfhere between about 628 and 675."
tagline: "King of Mercia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Repton_Stone-_detail.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: "700"
deathDate: "757"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.41966133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelbald_of_Mercia"
    title: "Aethelbald of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "إيثيلبالد (ملك مرسيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelbaldo_de_Mercia"
    title: "Ethelbaldo de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1"
    title: "মার্শিয়ার এথেলবাল্ড"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etelbald_de_M%C3%A8rcia"
    title: "Etelbald de Mèrcia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_af_Mercia"
    title: "Æthelbald af Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_(Mercia)"
    title: "Æthelbald (Mercia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BD%CF%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Έθελμπαλντ της Μερκίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_of_Mercia"
    title: "Æthelbald of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelbald_(Mercia)"
    title: "Aethelbald (Mercia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelbaldo_de_Mercia"
    title: "Ethelbaldo de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etelbaldo_Merciakoa"
    title: "Etelbaldo Merciakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelbald_(Mercia)"
    title: "Ethelbald (Mercia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_(roi_de_Mercie)"
    title: "Æthelbald (roi de Mercie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelbald_de_Mercia"
    title: "Aethelbald de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_merciai_kir%C3%A1ly"
    title: "Æthelbald merciai király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_dari_Mercia"
    title: "Æthelbald dari Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelbald_di_Mercia"
    title: "Aethelbald di Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89_(%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E7%8E%8B)"
    title: "エゼルバルド (マーシア王)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_van_Mercia"
    title: "Æthelbald van Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelbald_av_Mercia"
    title: "Æthelbald av Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelbald"
    title: "Aethelbald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etelbaldo_da_M%C3%A9rcia"
    title: "Etelbaldo da Mércia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4_(%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: "Этельбальд (король Мерсии)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethelbald_od_Mercije"
    title: "Aethelbald od Mercije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272148"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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