Mercia

E34551

Anglo-Saxon kingdom historical polity

Mercia was one of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of early medieval England, centered in the English Midlands and prominent from the 7th to 9th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kingdom of Mercia	6
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Saxon kingdom ⓘ historical polity ⓘ
borderedBy	East Anglia ⓘ Gwynedd ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Gwynedd Welsh principalities ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Powys Northumbria ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
capital	Repton ⓘ Tamworth ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
currency	silver penny ⓘ
defeatedBy	Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ surface form: Wessex
endTime	10th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Angles ⓘ
floruit	8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasPart	Cheshire ⓘ Derbyshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Gloucestershire ⓘ Herefordshire ⓘ Leicestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ Lincolnshire ⓘ Nottinghamshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxfordshire ⓘ Shropshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Staffordshire ⓘ Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Worcestershire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRegionalDialect	Anglo-Frisian dialects ⓘ surface form: Mercian Old English
historicalEra	Early Middle Ages ⓘ
invadedBy	Vikings ⓘ
languageUsed	Old English ⓘ
locatedIn	English Midlands ⓘ early medieval England ⓘ
mergedInto	Kingdom of England ⓘ
militaryConflict	Battle of Ellendun ⓘ Battle of Maserfield ⓘ
notableRuler	Burgred of Mercia ⓘ Ceolwulf I of Mercia ⓘ Coenwulf of Mercia ⓘ Offa of Mercia ⓘ Penda of Mercia ⓘ Wulfhere of Mercia ⓘ Æthelbald of Mercia ⓘ Æthelflæd ⓘ surface form: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians Æthelred of Mercia ⓘ Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians ⓘ
notableStructure	Offa's Dyke ⓘ
partOf	Heptarchy ⓘ
religion	Anglo-Saxon paganism ⓘ Christianity ⓘ
rulingDynasty	House of Offa ⓘ Iclingas ⓘ
startTime	7th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle → coversRegion → Mercia ⓘ

Kingdom of England → formedFrom → Mercia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon kingdoms

Anglo-Saxon England → hasPart → Mercia ⓘ