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======Rulers of Mercia======
Cearl, king of Mercia in early seventh century\\ 
Penda, king of Mercia (626 - 15 November 655 [Battle of Winwæd])\\ 
Wulfhere, king of Mercia (658-75)\\ 
Æthelred, king of Mercia (675 - 704 [resigned, became a monk])\\ 
Coenred, king of Mercia (704-9 [resigned, went to Rome])\\ 
Ceolred, king of Mercia (709-16)\\ 
Æthelbald, king of Mercia (716-57)\\ 
Beornred, king of Mercia (757)\\ 
Offa, king of Mercia (757 - 29 July 796)\\ 
Ecgfrith, king of Mercia (796 - 17 December 796)\\ 
Coenwulf, king of Mercia (796 - 821)\\ 
Ceolwulf I, king of Mercia (821-3)\\ 
Beornwulf, king of Mercia (823-5)\\ 
Ludeca, king of Mercia (825-7)\\ 
Wiglaf, king of Mercia (827-9 [defeated by Ecgberht of Wessex], 830-40)\\ 
Beorhtwulf, king of Mercia (840-52)\\ 
Burgred, king of Mercia (852-74)\\ 
Ceolwulf II, king of Mercia (874-877/9? [defeated by Vikings])\\ 
Ealdorman Æthelred, leader of Mercia, under Alfred the Great by 883 (879x883-911)\\ 
Lady Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred, husband of Æthelred, led Mercia under Alfred (911-8)\\ 
Ælfwynn, daughter of Æthelred and Æthelflæd, deprived of authority and taken into Wessex 918\\ 
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