Last significant Mercian monarch

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Monarch
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_kingdoms
gptkbp:birthYear c. 740 AD
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tamworth
gptkbp:children Aethelbald
gptkbp:contribution Legal reforms
gptkbp:culturalContribution Literature
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Continental_Europe
Mercian_dialect
gptkbp:culturalInfluence Anglo-Saxon_culture
gptkbp:deathYear 796 AD
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations Papal states
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Mercian_royal_family
gptkbp:economicActivity Trade expansion
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Post-Roman_Britain
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Mercian_coins
Viking invasions
Synod of Clofesho
Feudalism_in_England
gptkbp:historicalFigures Bede
gptkbp:historicalImpact Formation of England
Cultural_identity_of_England
gptkbp:historicalLegacy gptkb:Mercian_supremacy
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_law
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_kingdoms
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
Early Middle Ages
Chronicles of the Anglo-Saxons
Celtic_tribes
Scandinavian_settlers
gptkbp:historicalRecords Royal_charters
gptkbp:historicalRole Unifier_of_Mercian_tribes
Key_figure_in_Anglo-Saxon_history
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Unification of England
Christianization of England
Chronicle of Mercia
Foundation_of_English_monarchy
Development_of_English_language
gptkbp:historicalSite gptkb:Tamworth_Castle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Last significant Mercian monarch
gptkbp:influenceOn Later_English_monarchs
gptkbp:knownFor Strengthening_Mercia
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:militaryRank Defensive fortifications
gptkbp:notableBattle Battle of Burford
gptkbp:politicalParty Centralized governance
gptkbp:politicalPosition gptkb:Wessex
Feudal system
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Aethelbald_of_Mercia
gptkbp:reign 8th century
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Queen_Cynethryth
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Offa_of_Mercia
gptkbp:territory gptkb:Mercia
gptkbp:title King