Mercia (/ ˈmɜːrsiə, - ʃə, - siə /, [1][2] Old English: Miercna rīċe, "kingdom of the border people"; Latin: Merciorum regnum) was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called the Heptarchy.

The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th century. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century onwards it was the dominant member of the Heptarchy and consequently the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

Mercia, (from Old English Merce, “People of the Marches [or Boundaries]”), one of the most powerful kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. It held a position of dominance for much of the period from the mid-7th to the early 9th century despite struggles for …

Discover the monarchs of the kingdom of Mercia, from King Icel in the early 500’s all the way through to Ælfwynn who annexed the kingdom to Wessex in 918. Mercia was one of the great seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, alongside East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Northumbria Sussex and Wessex.

Nov 30, 2018 · The Kingdom of Mercia (c. 527-879 CE) was an Anglo- Saxon political entity located in the midlands of present-day Britain and bordered on the south by the Kingdom of Wessex, on the west by Wales, north by Northumbria, and on the east by East Anglia.

Mar 18, 2024 · Once the dominant realm in England, in the late ninth century, the Kingdom of Mercia fell to predatory Viking invaders and the expansionary ambitions of Alfred the Great. The unification of England is often seen as a solely West Saxon venture, leaving out the role of the Kingdom of Mercia.

Mercia was one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the Heptarchy. It was in the region now known as the English Midlands now East Midlands & West Midlands. Mercia was centered on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries. Settled by Angles, …

The Mercian Supremacy was the period of Anglo-Saxon history between c. 716 and c. 825, [1] when the kingdom of Mercia dominated the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy in England. Sir Frank Stenton apparently coined the phrase, arguing that Offa of Mercia, who ruled 757–796, effectively achieved the unification of England south of the Humber estuary. [2]

Mercia, kingdom of. Mercia dominated Anglo-Saxon politics in the late 7th and 8th cents. The name ‘Mercians’ means ‘the borderers’ and is thought to derive from their position between the Anglo-Saxon settlements of the east coast and British kingdoms of the west.

May 26, 2024 · Rising from marcher lords along the Trent Valley to Bretwalda over-kings claiming imperial power, the Mercians left an indelible mark on English history. At its height in the 8th century, Mercia controlled a realm of 11.7 million acres with …