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Dynasty. Iclingas. Father. Penda. Mother. Cynewise. Religion. Pagan; later converted to Christianity by Alhfrith, husband of Cyneburh. Peada (died 656), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 [1] and until his own death at the hands of his wife in the spring of the next year.
May 3, 2023 · In the midst of the murky history of seventh-century England, Penda of Mercia emerged as a formidable and enigmatic leader whose conquests shaped the political landscape of early Anglo-Saxon England. Two centuries after Penda’s death, a text known as Historia Brittonum, The History of the Britons, described the warrior king as ‘victorious ...
Son of Pybba. Raised Mercia to dominant status amongst the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Last pagan ruler of Mercia. Killed in battle by Oswiu of Northumbria. 15 Nov 655 Eowa: c. 635–642 Son of Pybba. Co-ruler. Killed in battle. 5 Aug 642 Peada: c. 653–656 Son of Penda. Co-ruler in the south-east Midlands. Murdered. 17 Apr 656 Oswiu of Northumbria ...
Peada was a son of King Penda. [ 1] In c. 653 he was made king of the Middle Angles by his father. [ 2] The Middle Angles were a group of peoples located between Mercia and East Anglia. They later became part of Mercia. [ 2] Peada asked for the hand of Alflaed, daughter of Oswiu of Northumbria. [ 1]
Penda (died 15 November 655) [1] 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 the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before participating in the defeat of the powerful Northumbrian king Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.
Other articles where Peada is discussed: Oswiu: …southern Mercia to Penda’s son Peada. Peada was murdered in 656, and a revolt by Mercian nobles in 657 brought an end to Oswiu’s rule in southern England. Oswiu was a staunch Christian who had been raised in the Celtic tradition, but his wife, Eanfled, had been educated in the…
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Peada (d. 656), king of the Middle Angles ( c. 653–6), was a son of Penda of Mercia, who appointed him king. Shortly afterwards Peada married Alhflaed, daughter of Oswiu of Northumbria, and as a condition of marriage agreed to become a Christian and to allow evangelization by a mission from Lindisfarne. After Oswiu defeated Penda at the ...
