Penda of Mercia

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Penda_of_Mercia
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
Person
gptkbp:birthDate c. 606
gptkbp:child gptkb:Æthelred_of_Mercia
gptkb:Peada_of_Mercia
gptkb:Merewalh
gptkb:Eadgyth
gptkb:Wulfhere_of_Mercia
gptkb:Wilburga
gptkbp:contemporaryOf gptkb:Oswald_of_Northumbria
gptkb:Edwin_of_Northumbria
gptkb:Oswiu_of_Northumbria
gptkbp:deathDate 15 November 655
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Winwaed
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Iclingas
gptkbp:father gptkb:Pybba
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Penda of Mercia
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Bede's_Ecclesiastical_History_of_the_English_People
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Hatfield_Chase
gptkb:Battle_of_Winwaed
gptkb:Battle_of_Maserfield
gptkbp:notableFor Last major pagan king in Anglo-Saxon England
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:King
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Oswald_of_Northumbria
gptkb:Oswiu_of_Northumbria
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Cearl_of_Mercia
gptkbp:regionRuled gptkb:Mercia
gptkbp:reign c. 626–655
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_paganism
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Cynewise
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Peada_of_Mercia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cenwalh
gptkb:Cenwalh_of_Wessex
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5