Penda of Mercia
7th-century King of Mercia · Historical Figures · Lived 606 to 655 · aged 49
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Something wrong?Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands.
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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.
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