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Mercia (/ ˈ m ɜːr s i ə,-ʃ ə,-s i ə /, [1] [2] Old English: Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy.
English: A map of Mercia, made using information from OpenStreetMap, Hill 'An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England' and Stenton, 'Anglo-Saxon England' Date 15 July 2012
The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th century. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century onwards it was the dominant member of the Heptarchy and consequently the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
This is a category for towns, villages and other settlements located within the ancient anglo-saxon Kingdom of Mercia. Pages in category "Mercian settlements" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The Mercian Supremacy was the period of Anglo-Saxon history between c. 716 and c. 825, [1] when the kingdom of Mercia dominated the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy in England. Sir Frank Stenton apparently coined the phrase, arguing that Offa of Mercia, who ruled 757–796, effectively achieved the unification of England south of the Humber estuary. [2]
The Kingdom of Mercia at its greatest extent (7th to 9th centuries) is shown in green, with the original core area (6th century) given a darker tint. This is a category for historical or geographical articles associated with the ancient Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia.
The Gaini were an Anglo-Saxon tribe which occupied part of the kingdom of Mercia. [1]Map of Anglo-Saxon England. The Gaini are only recorded in Asser's life of King Alfred the Great, written in 893, which stated that in 868, before he became king, Alfred married Ealhswith, daughter of Æthelred, known as Mucel, ealdorman of the Gaini.
Map showing the dioceses of southern England during the reign of Offa, when for a short period there was an archbishopric of Lichfield. However, Mercia did not long survive as an ecclesiastical entity. Chad's successor, Winfrith, was expected to conform more closely to Roman norms but was soon at loggerheads with Archbishop Theodore.