# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wulfhere-of-mercia
# Generated: 2026-09-01T22:24:21.938Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wulfhere-of-mercia"
name: "Wulfhere of Mercia"
slug: "wulfhere-of-mercia"
description: "Wulfhere or Wulfar was King of Mercia from 658 until 675 AD. He was the first Christian king of all of Mercia, though it is not known when or how he converted from Anglo-Saxon paganism. His accession marked the end of Oswiu of Northumbria's overlordship of southern England, and Wulfhere extended his influence over much of that region. His campaigns against the West Saxons led to Mercian control of much of the Thames valley. He conquered the Isle of Wight and the Meon valley and gave them to King Æthelwealh of the South Saxons. He also had influence in Surrey, Essex, and Kent. He married Eormenhild, the daughter of King Eorcenberht of Kent."
tagline: "King of Mercia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chad_Peada_Wulfhere_at_Lichfield.jpeg?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: "650"
deathDate: "675"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.65
  momentum:             0.9820788530465951
  historical:           20.58848533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ولفير من مرسيا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মার্সিয়ার উলফহেয়ার"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wulfhere af Mercia"
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    title: "Wulfhere"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wulfhere of Mercia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulf%C3%A1rio_de_M%C3%A9rcia"
    title: "Vulfário de Mércia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfhere_of_Mercia"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfhere_av_Mercia"
    title: "Wulfhere av Mercia"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump