Æthelred of Mercia
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Æthelred was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his access
Stained glass window in St John's Chester
Penda of Mercia
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Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over
Stained glass window, depicting the death of Penda at the Battle of the Winwaed, Worcester Cathedral
