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An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of central England.
MERCIA - Mercia (; Old English: Miercna rce) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. The name is a Latinisation of the Old English Mierce or Myr...
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Mercia (; Old English: Miercna rce) was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy. The name is a Latinisation of the Old English Mierce or Myrce, meaning "border people" (see March). * The kingdom was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries, in the region now known as the English Midlands. The kingdom did not have a single capital as such. In times before a sizable civil service the 'capital' was in effect wherever the king was at any time. Early in its existence Repton seems to have been the location of an important Royal estate. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle it was from Repton that in 873-4 that the Great Heathen Army deposed the King of Mercia. Slightly earlier Offa seems to have favoured Tamworth. It was there where he was crowned and spent many a Christmas. * For 300 years (between 600 and 900), having annexed or gained submissions from five of the other six kingdoms of the Heptarchy (East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex), Mercia dominated E |