# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wiglaf-of-mercia
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:46:33.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wiglaf-of-mercia"
name: "Wiglaf of Mercia"
slug: "wiglaf-of-mercia"
description: "Wiglaf was King of Mercia from 827 to 829 and again from 830 until his death in 839. His ancestry is uncertain: the 820s were a period of dynastic conflict within Mercia and the genealogy of several of the kings of this time is unknown. Wigstan, his grandson, was later recorded as a descendant of Penda of Mercia, so it is possible that Wiglaf was descended from Penda, one of the most powerful seventh-century kings of Mercia."
tagline: "King of Mercia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wiglaf_name.gif?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: "800"
deathDate: "839"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.90817466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_min_nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_(Mercia)"
    title: "Wiglaf (Mercia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81_(%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "ويغلاف (ملك مرسيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf"
    title: "Wiglaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf"
    title: "Wiglaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_af_Mercia"
    title: "Wiglaf af Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_von_Mercien"
    title: "Wiglaf von Mercien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%86_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Ουίγκλαφ της Μερκίας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_of_Mercia"
    title: "Wiglaf of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_(Mercia)"
    title: "Wiglaf (Mercia)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_de_Mercia"
    title: "Wiglaf de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf"
    title: "Wiglaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_(roi_de_Mercie)"
    title: "Wiglaf (roi de Mercie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_de_Mercia"
    title: "Wiglaf de Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf"
    title: "Wiglaf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viglafas"
    title: "Viglafas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_van_Mercia"
    title: "Wiglaf van Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viglafo_da_M%C3%A9rcia"
    title: "Viglafo da Mércia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%84_(%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: "Виглаф (король Мерсии)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_od_Mercije"
    title: "Wiglaf od Mercije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiglaf_av_Mercia"
    title: "Wiglaf av Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%84_(%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: "Віглаф (король Мерсії)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518935"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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