Mercian dynasty

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Anglo-Saxon royal house royal dynasty

The Mercian dynasty was the ruling royal house of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, which dominated much of central England during the 7th to 9th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kings of Mercia	1
Kingship of Mercia	1
Mercian royal family	1
Mercian royal house	1
royal house of Mercia	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglo-Saxon royal house ⓘ royal dynasty ⓘ
alliedWith	Kingdom of East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Tamworth NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Mercian–Northumbrian wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mercian–West Saxon conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
currency	silver penny ⓘ
endTime	9th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Anglo-Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	House of Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	monarchy ⓘ
hasTerritorialExtent	Midlands NERFINISHED ⓘ River Severn basin ⓘ Trent valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	political unification of England ⓘ
language	Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Beornwulf of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Burgred of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cenred of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cenwulf of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceolwulf I of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ceolwulf II of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Coenwulf of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Cuthred of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eadberht Praen (associated through Mercian influence in Kent) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ecgfrith of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Offa of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Offa's queen Cynethryth (consort) NERFINISHED ⓘ Penda of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wiglaf of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wigmund of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Wulfhere of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Æthelbald of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ Æthelred of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Offa's Dyke NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Kingdom of Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Heptarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	early Mercian chieftains ⓘ
region	Central England NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Paganism ⓘ
significantEvent	Mercian supremacy in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
significantPeriod	Anglo-Saxon period NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	7th century ⓘ
titleHeld	King of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Offa of Mercia → category → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kings of Mercia

Ceolwulf I of Mercia → dynasty → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercian royal house

Offa of Mercia → dynasty → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

Æthelbald of Mercia → dynasty → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

Coenwulf of Mercia → memberOf → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

Saint Werburgh → notableFamily → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mercian royal family

House of Offa → positionHeld → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingship of Mercia

Iclingas → positionInState → Mercian dynasty ⓘ

this entity surface form: royal house of Mercia