Wulfhere of Mercia

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7th-century English person Anglo-Saxon monarch King of Mercia

Wulfhere of Mercia was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon king who significantly expanded Mercian power and influence across much of England.

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Label	Occurrences
Wulfhere of Mercia canonical	7

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	7th-century English person ⓘ Anglo-Saxon monarch ⓘ King of Mercia ⓘ
alliance	Kingdom of Essex ⓘ Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
birthDate	c. 640 ⓘ
burialPlace	Medeshamstede ⓘ
child	Coenred of Mercia ⓘ Werburh of Mercia ⓘ
conflict	conflicts with Northumbria ⓘ wars against Wessex ⓘ
country	Mercia ⓘ
deathDate	675 ⓘ
deathPlace	England ⓘ
dynasty	Iclingas ⓘ
era	Heptarchy ⓘ
father	Penda of Mercia ⓘ
historicalSource	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
language	Old English ⓘ
mother	Cynewise ⓘ
notableFor	establishing Mercian dominance over southern England ⓘ expansion of Mercian power in 7th-century England ⓘ
patronage	Medeshamstede Abbey ⓘ
positionHeld	Kings of Mercia ⓘ surface form: King of Mercia
predecessor	King Oswiu of Northumbria ⓘ surface form: Oswiu of Northumbria
reignEnd	675 ⓘ
reignStart	c. 658 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
ruledTerritory	Saxons ⓘ surface form: Hwicce Lindsey ⓘ Magonsæte ⓘ Mercia ⓘ Middle Anglia ⓘ parts of Wessex ⓘ
sibling	Peada of Mercia ⓘ Æthelred of Mercia ⓘ
spouse	Eormenhild of Kent ⓘ
successor	Æthelred of Mercia ⓘ
supported	Christian missions in Mercia ⓘ
title	Rex Merciorum ⓘ
vassalageOver	Kingdom of Essex ⓘ Kingdom of Surrey ⓘ Kingdom of Sussex ⓘ Kingdom of the Hwicce ⓘ Kingdom of the Magonsæte ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mercia → notableRuler → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ

Iclingas → hasMember → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ

Iclingas → dynastyOf → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ

Penda of Mercia → child → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ

Æthelred of Mercia → predecessor → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ

Æthelred of Mercia → sibling → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ

Saint Werburgh → father → Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ