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Date c. 606 - c. 880

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England
Heptarchy

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England
constituent unit, United Kingdom

Key People

Saint Chad
English clergyman
Offa
Offa
Anglo-Saxon king
Wulfhere
king of Mercia
Penda
Anglo-Saxon king
Aethelflaed
Anglo-Saxon ruler
Leofric
earl of Mercia
Eadric Streona
Mercian noble
Aethelbald
king of Mercia
Burgred
king of Mercia
Aethelred
Aethelred
king of Mercia
Cenwulf
Anglo-Saxon king