list of monarchs of mercia

A list of the Kings etc. of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia This was a time when spellings varied widely, even within a document. A number of variations of the details below exist. Amongst these are the preference between and (hard and soft 'th'). The character '7' was used as represent ampersand '&' in contemporary Anglo-Saxon writings.

Kings, Ealdormen and Ladies of the Mercians

idth="18%"\|Reign	width="20%"\|Incumbent	!width="20%"\|Notes
small>c.585 to 593	Creoda	CREODA CYNEVVALDING MIERCNA CYNING CREODA REX MERCIA
small>593 to c.606	Pybba	\|PYBBA CREODING MIERCNA CYNING PYBBA REX MERCIA
small>606 to 626	Ceorl	CEORL MIERCNA CYNING CEORL REX MERCIA
small>626 to 655	Penda	\|PENDA PYBBING MIERCNA CYNING PENDA REX MERCIA
small>655 to 656	Peada	\|PEADA PENDING MIERCNA CYNINC PEADA REX MERCIA	Killed in battle by Oswiu, King of Northumbria
olspan="4"\|Northumbrian Dynasty
irect rule 656 to 659	Oswiu	\|OSVVIV ELFRIING NORANHYMBRA 7 MIERCNA CYNING OSVVIV REX NORYMBRIA ET MERCIA
olspan="4"\|Mercian Dynasty
small>659 to 675	Wulfhere	\|VVLFHERE PENDING MIERCNA CYNING VVLFHERE REX MERCIA
small>675 to 704	Aethelred	\|ELRED PENDING MIERCNA CYNING ELRED REX MERCIA	Abdicated to become a monk
small>704 to 709	Cenred	\|COENRED VVLFHERING MIERCNA CYNING COENRED REX MERCIA	Abdicated
small>709 to 716	Ceolred	\|CEOLRED ELREDING MIERCNA CYNING CEOLRED REX MERCIA
small>716 to 757	valign=top\|Ethelbald	\|ELBALD ALVVIHING MIERCNA CYNING ELBALD REX MERCIA ELBALD REX BRITANNIA	Murdered
small>757	valign=top\|Beornrad	\|BEORNRED MIERCNA CYNING BEORNRED REX MERCIA	Killed by Offa, King of Mercia
small>757 to 796	Offa	\|OFFA INCFERING MIERCNA CYNING OFFA REX MERCIA OFFA REX ANGLORVM	Joint-king with his son Ecgfrith
small>787 to 14/17 December 796	Ecgfrith	\|ECGFRI OFFING MIERCNA CYNING ECGFRI REX MERCIA	Joint-king with his father Offa
small>December 796 to 821	Cenwulf	\|COENVVLF CVBRYHTING MIERCNA CYNING COENVVLF REX MERCIA
small>821 to 821	Cenelm	\|COENELM MIERCNA CYNING CENELM REX MERCIA
small>821 to 823	Ceolwulf I	\|CEOLVVLF CVBRYHTING MIERCNA CYNING CEOLVVLF REX MERCIA	Deposed and exiled
small>823 to 825	Beornwulf	\|BEORNVVLF MIERCNA CYNING BEORNVVLF REX MERCIA	Defeated by Egbert, King of Wessex and killed by the East Angles later that year
small>826 to 827	Ludeca	\|LVDECAN MIERCNA CYNING LVDECAN REX MERCIA	Murdered
small>827 to 829	Wiglaf	\|VVIGLAF MIERCNA CYNING VVIGLAF REX MERCIA	Deposed
olspan="4"\|Wessex Dynasty
small>829 to 830	Egbert of Wessex	\|ECGBRYHT EALHMVNDING VVESTSEAXE 7 EST SEAXE 7 SVSEAXE 7 CANTVVARE 7 MIERCNA CYNING ECGBRYHT REX SAXONVM ORIENTALIVM ET SAXONVM OCCIDENTALIVM EX SAXONVM AVSTRALIVM ET CANTVVARVM ET MIERCIA
olspan="4"\|Mercian Dynasty
small>830 to 840	Wiglaf	\|VVIGLAF MIERCNA CYNING VVIGLAF REX MERCIA	Restored
small>840? to 840?	Wigstan	\|VVIGSTAN MIERCNA CYNING VVIGSTAN REX MERCIA
small>840 to 852	Beorhtwulf	\|BEORHTVVLF MIERCNA CYNING BEORHTVVLF REX MERCIA	Defeated by invading Danes; fate uncertain, traditionally killed
small>852 to 874	Burgred (Burhred)	\|BVRGRED MIERCNA CYNING BVRGRED REX MERCIA	Expelled by Danes
small>873 to 879	Ceolwulf II	CEOLVVLF MIERCNA CYNING CEOLVVLF REX MERCIA	Puppet king set up by the Danes in East Mercia
small>879 to 911	Aethelred	ELRED	As ealdorman of Anglo-Saxon West Mercia under the King of Wessex
small>911 to 918	Ethelfleda	EELFLEDA	"Lady of the Mercians" under the King of Wessex
small>918 to 919	Aelfwynn	LFVVYNN	Joint "Lady of the Mercians" under the King of Wessex

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