Mercia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mercia
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:East_Anglia
gptkb:Wales
gptkb:Wessex
gptkb:Northumbria
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tamworth
gptkb:Repton
gptkbp:currency sceat
gptkbp:existedDuring c. 527
gptkbp:existedUntil 918
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the Heptarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mercia
gptkbp:language gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Ellandun
gptkb:Battle_of_Tettenhall
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Offa's_Dyke
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Maserfield
Offa's Dyke construction
Submission to Alfred the Great
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Æthelflæd
gptkb:Æthelred
gptkb:Offa
gptkb:Penda
gptkbp:predecessor Anglian tribes
gptkbp:region gptkb:Midlands
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
mythology
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:symbol golden saltire on blue
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Heptarchy
gptkb:Old_English
gptkb:Anglo-Saxons
gptkb:Early_Medieval_England
gptkb:Wessex
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
gptkb:Northumbria
gptkb:Königreich_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5