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Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia

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Penda
Also Known As:	"Penda the Great"
Birthdate:	575
Birthplace:	Kingdom of Mercia, Isle of Britain
Death:	November 15, 655 (79-80) Cock Beck, Kingdom of Northumbria, Isle of Britain (Killed in the Battle of the Winwaed)
Immediate Family:	Son of Pybba, king of Mercia Husband of Cynewise Father of Wulfhere, king of Mercia; Wilburga of Surry; Æthelred I, king of Mercia; Berthwald; Peada, king of Southern Mercia and 5 others Brother of Coenwalh of Mercia; Eowa, king of the Mercians and Daughter of Pybba, of Mercia
Occupation:	King of Mercia and King of Wessex (645 - 648), Roi de Mercia, King of Mercia, 7t Bretwalda

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About Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia

Penda (died 15 November 655) was a 7th-century King of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633

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Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia's Timeline

575	575	Birth of Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia Kingdom of Mercia, Isle of Britain
640	640	Birth of Wulfhere, king of Mercia Mercia, Britannia
644	644	Birth of Wilburga of Surry Mercia,,,England
650	650	Birth of Æthelred I, king of Mercia Mercia, England
655	November 15, 655 Age 80	Death of Penda "the Strong", king of Mercia Cock Beck, Kingdom of Northumbria, Isle of Britain
657	657	Birth of Peda Mercia, UK
????		Birth of Saint Edburg
????		Birth of Peada, king of Southern Mercia Mercia, UK
????		Birth of Cyneburh
????		Birth of Merewalh, King of the Magonsætan

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