Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameKing Penda of Mercia 
, 9C39R
, 9C39RDeath655
OccupationKing of Mercia, acceded: 633
FatherKing Pybba of Mercia (-~606)
Notes for King Penda of Mercia
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Surnamed the Strenuous, was the son of Pybba (or Wybba), and at the age of fifty succeeded Ceorl, A.D. 626 according to the Saxon chronicles, but 633 according to Bede. His descent was traced to Woden, and he is distinguished as the last powerful supporter of paganism among the Anglo-Saxons. He displayed the greatest energy and extreme cruelty throughout his long reign in numerous successful enterprises against the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Penda met his equal in Cynegils of Wessex, at the battle of Cirencester, which was bloody and indecisive, and was followed by a peace; in alliance with the great British prince Caedwalla, he made war on Edwin of Northumbria, and defeated and slew him, with his son Osfrith, at the battle of Heathfield, in 633; defeated and slew Oswald of Northumbria at Maserfeld in 642, ravaged the kingdom, and burnt Bamborough; about 645 drove Cenwealh of Wessex from his kingdom; and then made war on Anna, king of East Anglia, who had given shelter to Cenwealh. Anna was killed, and Penda compelled his brother and successor, Aethelhere, to join him in a campaign against the Bretwalda Oswin. The decisive battle was fought (655) at Winwidfield, where Penda and Aethelhere, with most of their allied chiefs, were slain. The victor Oswin fulfilled the vows which he had made, and founded twelve monasteries; and the Christian faith was established in Mercia.
Kilde: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/royalty/kingiops.html
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal03033
Surnamed the Strenuous, was the son of Pybba (or Wybba), and at the age of fifty succeeded Ceorl, A.D. 626 according to the Saxon chronicles, but 633 according to Bede. His descent was traced to Woden, and he is distinguished as the last powerful supporter of paganism among the Anglo-Saxons. He displayed the greatest energy and extreme cruelty throughout his long reign in numerous successful enterprises against the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Penda met his equal in Cynegils of Wessex, at the battle of Cirencester, which was bloody and indecisive, and was followed by a peace; in alliance with the great British prince Caedwalla, he made war on Edwin of Northumbria, and defeated and slew him, with his son Osfrith, at the battle of Heathfield, in 633; defeated and slew Oswald of Northumbria at Maserfeld in 642, ravaged the kingdom, and burnt Bamborough; about 645 drove Cenwealh of Wessex from his kingdom; and then made war on Anna, king of East Anglia, who had given shelter to Cenwealh. Anna was killed, and Penda compelled his brother and successor, Aethelhere, to join him in a campaign against the Bretwalda Oswin. The decisive battle was fought (655) at Winwidfield, where Penda and Aethelhere, with most of their allied chiefs, were slain. The victor Oswin fulfilled the vows which he had made, and founded twelve monasteries; and the Christian faith was established in Mercia.
Kilde: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/royalty/kingiops.html