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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: AEthelberht of Kent, Raedwald of East Anglia, Oswald of Northumbria, Hlothhere of Kent, Edwin of Northumbria, Ecgfrith of Northumbria, AEthelred of Mercia, Penda of Mercia, AEthelfrith of Northumbria, Wulfhere of Mercia, Eadbald of Kent, Caedwalla of Wessex, Sigeberht of East Anglia, Anna of East Anglia, Wihtred of Kent, Ecgric of East Anglia, Ealdwulf of East Anglia, AEthelwold of East Anglia, Eorpwald of East Anglia, AEthelhere of East Anglia, Eanflaed, Cenwalh of Wessex, James the Deacon, Cynegils of Wessex, AEthelwealh of Sussex, AEthelthryth, Osgyth, Domne Eafe, Sigeberht the Good, Nothhelm of Sussex, Frithuwold of Chertsey, Saebbi of Essex, Ricberht of East Anglia, Saeberht of Essex, Cearl of Mercia, Eowa of Mercia, Peada of Mercia, Osthryth, Centwine of Wessex, Cwichelm of Wessex, Seaxburh of Ely, Watt of Sussex, Sexred, Osric, king of the Hwicce, Ermenilda of Ely, AEthelburh of Kent, Headda, Eorcenberht of Kent, Bertha of Kent, Emma of Austrasia, AEscwine of Wessex, Pybba of Mercia, Eormenred of Kent, Swaefred of Essex, Mul of Kent, Ecgberht of Kent, Cuthburh, Seaxburh of Wessex, Sigeheard of Essex, Sighere of Essex, Ceolwulf of Wessex, Saeward of Essex, AEthelric, king of the Hwicce, Eadric of Kent, Eanhere, Sigeberht the Little, Swithhelm of Essex, Oswine of Kent, AEthelberht, king of the Hwicce, Berthun of Sussex, Andhun of Sussex, Swaefheard, Oshere, Swaefberht, Ceolwald of Wessex, Cissa, Oswald, king of the Hwicce, AEthelmod. Excerpt: Penda (died November 15, 655) was a 7th-century King of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English 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 Bat