Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia

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Penda

Also Known As: "Penda the Great"
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Birthplace: Kingdom of Mercia, Isle of Britain
Death: November 15, 655 (79-80)
Cock Beck, Kingdom of Northumbria, Isle of Britain (Killed in the Battle of the Winwaed)
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Son of Pybba, king of Mercia
Husband of Cynewise
Father of Wulfhere, king of Mercia; Wilburga of Surry; Æthelred I, king of Mercia; Berthwald; Peada, king of Southern Mercia and 5 others
Brother of Coenwalh of Mercia; Eowa, king of the Mercians and Daughter of Pybba, of Mercia

Occupation: King of Mercia and King of Wessex (645 - 648), Roi de Mercia, King of Mercia, 7t Bretwalda
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About Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia

Penda (died 15 November 655) was a 7th-century King of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English 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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Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia's Timeline

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Kingdom of Mercia, Isle of Britain
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Mercia, Britannia
644
644
Mercia,,,England
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Mercia, England
655
November 15, 655
Age 80
Cock Beck, Kingdom of Northumbria, Isle of Britain
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657
Mercia, UK
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