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Vestiges of the supremacy of Mercia in the south of England during the eighth century — John Shaqi

Vestiges of the supremacy of Mercia in the south of England during the eighth centuryKerslake, T. (Thomas)

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Vestiges of the supremacy of Mercia in the south of England during the eighth century

Name: Vestiges of the supremacy of Mercia in the south of England during the eighth century
Author: Kerslake, T. (Thomas)

Kerslake, T. (Thomas)

Great Britain -- Antiquities; Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066; Mercia (Kingdom) -- History

There is one, in addition to all those above mentioned, at Dublin; but,
as the dedications in Strongbow’s Dublin are no more than a post-Norman
colonisation of those at Bristol, it does not enter into our reckoning.

[10] The genealogical relation of St. Werburgh and Æthelbald will be
seen in this extract from Dr. Lappenberg’s Pedigree of the Kings of
Mercia:

                Wybba.
                 |
        +--------+--------------------------------+
        |                                         |
      Penda, last Pagan King of                 Eawa, died A.D. 642.
      Mercia, reigned A.D. 626-655.             (Called “Rex Merciorum.”?)
        |                                                     |
        +--------------+------------+                 +-------+-----+
        |              |            |                 |             |
      Peada, K. of M.  |        Æthelred, K. of    Alweo.       Osmod.
      A.D. 655-656.    |        M. A.D. 675-704,      |             |
                       |        died A.D. 715.        |             |
                       |            |                 |          Eanwulf.
                 Wulfhere, K. of M. |                 |             |
                 A.D. 656-675.      |                 |             |
                       |            |                 |         Thingferth.
    +---------------+----+          |                 |             |
    |               |    |          |                 |             |
  Cenred, K. of M.  |  Beorhtwald,  |                 |             |
  A.D. 704-709.     |  Sub-King of  |                 |             |
                    |  Wiccia A.D.  |                 |             |
                    |  636.         |                 |           OFFA,
                    |            Coelred, K.      ÆTHELBALD,     K. of M.
              St. WERBURGH,      of M., A.D.      K. of M.    A.D. 757-798.
              died about         709-716.       A.D. 716-757
               A.D. 700.

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