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'''Mercia''' was an independent [[Anglo-Saxon]] Kingdom on the island of [[Great Britain]], roughly analogous to the modern English [[Midlands]]. Its name in English was probably the 'Marc' (meaning 'borderland', in reference to the border with [[Wales]]). It was part of the English [[Heptarchy]], and was the dominant member of it from the mid-7th to the mid-9th century A.D. Following the [[Danish]] invasions, Mercia was partitioned during the Treaty of Wedmore into the Saxon-controlled West Mercia and Danish-controlled East Mercia. Mercia was eventually united along with the other Kingdoms of the Heptarchy to create the Kingdom of [[England]].
'''Mercia''' was an independent [[Anglo-Saxon]] Kingdom on the island of [[Great Britain]], roughly analogous to the modern English [[Midlands]]. Its name in English was probably the 'Marc' (meaning 'borderland', in reference to the border with [[Wales]]). It was part of the English [[Heptarchy]], and was the dominant member of it from the mid-7th to the mid-9th century A.D. Following the [[Danish]] invasions, Mercia was partitioned during the Treaty of Wedmore into the Saxon-controlled West Mercia and Danish-controlled East Mercia. Mercia was eventually united along with the other Kingdoms of the Heptarchy to create the Kingdom of [[England]].
==Area==
The kingdom of Mercia effectively covered all of the modern-day [[Midlands]] of England, as well as some parts of both [[Southern England|the south]] and [[northern England|north of England]] and north-east [[Wales]]. Although the extent of Mercian rule was fluid, at its greatest extent in the 7th century, kingdom corresponded approximately to the combined traditional counties [[Bedfordshire]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]], [[Cheshire]], [[Derbyshire]], [[Flintshire]], [[Gloucestershire]], [[Herefordshire]], [[Hertfordshire]], [[Huntingdonshire]], [[Leicestershire]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[Northamptonshire]], [[Nottinghamshire]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[Rutland]], [[Shropshire]], [[Staffordshire]], [[Warwickshire]] and [[Worcestershire]]. Southern [[Lancashire]] was also periodically under Mercian control.
==Kings of the Mercians==
==Kings of the Mercians==