Polity · 515 CE – 959 CE
Kingdom of Mercia
Miercna Rīce · Mercia
- Peak recorded area
- 96,900 km²
- 800 CE
- Rulers on record
- 27
- from 515 CE
- Data series
- 1
- 628 CE–628 CE
Overview
Mercia was an early medieval English kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon period. It was centred on the River Trent and its tributaries, in a region now known as the Midlands of England.
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Territory
30 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 959 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count | 1battles628 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Rulers
27 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- IcelKing of Mercia515 CE – 535 CE
- CnebbaKing of Mercia535 CE – 545 CE
- CynewaldKing of Mercia545 CE – 580 CE
- Creoda of MerciaKing of Mercia584 CE – 593 CE
- Pybba of MerciaKing of Mercia593 CE – 606 CE
- Penda of MerciaKing of Mercia632 CE – 655 CE
- Peada of MerciaKing of Mercia655 CE – 656 CE
- OswiuKing of Mercia656 CE – 658 CE
- Wulfhere of MerciaKing of Mercia658 CE – 675 CE
- Æthelred of MerciaKing of Mercia675 CE – 704 CE
- Coenred of MerciaKing of Mercia704 CE – 709 CE
- Ceolred of MerciaKing of Mercia709 CE – 716 CE
- Æthelbald of MerciaKing of Mercia716 CE – 757 CE
- Ceolwald of MerciaKing of Mercia716 CE
- Beornred of MerciaKing of Mercia757 CE
- Offa of MerciaKing of Mercia757 CE – 796 CE
- CoenwulfKing of Mercia796 CE – 821 CE
- Ecgfrith of MerciaKing of Mercia796 CE
- Ceolwulf I of MerciaKing of Mercia821 CE – 823 CE
- Beornwulf of MerciaKing of Mercia823 CE – 825 CE
- Ludeca of MerciaKing of Mercia825 CE – 827 CE
- Wiglaf of MerciaKing of Mercia827 CE – 829 CE
- EcgberhtKing of Mercia829 CE – 830 CE
- Wigmund of MerciaKing of Mercia839 CE – 840 CE
- Beorhtwulf of MerciaKing of Mercia840 CE – 852 CE
- Burgred of MerciaKing of Mercia852 CE – 874 CE
- Edgar of EnglandKing of Mercia957 CE – 959 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Latin, Old English
- Currency
- Anglo-Saxon pound
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Kingdom of Mercia is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.