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'''Mercia''' was an independent [[Anglo-Saxon]] Kingdom on the Island of [[Great Britain]], roughly analogous to the modern English [[Midlands]]. 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]]. 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]].
==Kings of the Mercians==
===Iclings (House of Icel)===
*'''Icel''' (''c.''488-''c.''501)
*'''Cnebba''' (''c.''501-''c.''566)
*'''Cynewald''' (''c.''566-584)
*'''Créoda''' (584-593)
*'''Pybba''' (593-606)
*'''Céorl''' (606-626)
*'''Penda''' (626-655)
*'''Éowa''' (co-monarch, ''c.''635-642)
*'''Péada''' (co-monarch, ''c.''653-656)
*(Mercia occupied by Northumbria, 655-658)
*'''Wulfhere''' (658-675)
*'''Æþelred''' (675-704) (abdicated)
*'''Cœnred''' (704-709) (abdicated)
*'''Céolred''' (709-716)
*'''Céolwald''' (716)
*'''Æþelbald''' (716-757) (proclaimed King of Britain, 746)
===Usurper===
*'''Béornred''' (757) (deposed)
===House of Offa===
*'''Offa the Mighty''' (757-796) (proclaimed King of the English, 774)
*'''Egfriþ''' (co-monarch, 787-796)
===House of Cœnwulf===
*'''Cœnwulf''' (796-821) (proclaimed Emperor)
*'''Cynehelm''' (812 or 821)
*'''Céolwulf''' (821-823) (deposed)
===Elected monarchs===
*'''Béornwulf''' (823-826)
*'''Ludeca''' (826-827)
*'''Wigláf''' (827-829, 830-840)
*(Mercia occupied by Wessex, 829-830)
*'''Wigmund''' (co-monarch, ''c.''840)
*'''Wigstan''' (840) (abdicated)
*'''Béorhtwulf''' (840-852)
*'''Burgred''' (852-874) (abdicated)
*'''Céolwulf the Foolish''' (874-883)
*'''Æþelred Mucil''' (883-911)
===Ladies of the Mercians===
*'''Æþelflæd''' (911-918)
*'''Ælfwynn''' (918-919) (deposed)
*(Mercia annexed by Wessex, 919)