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Kingdom of Mercia

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Explore the Anglo Saxon Kingdom of Mercia

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(The Last Kingdom) Aethelflaed - Lady of Mercia

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Kingdom of Mercia: Invasion - Intro [UPDATED]

Mercia was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. The name is a Latinisation of the Old English Mierce or Myrce, meaning "border people".
  • Country facts 

  • Early history 

  • Penda and the Mercian Supremacy 

  • Reign of Offa and rise of Wessex 

  • Arrival of the Danes 

  • Loss of independence 

  • Mercian dialect 

  • Mercian religion 

  • Subdivisions of Mercia 

  • Modern uses of the name Mercia 

  • Symbolism and attributed heraldry