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What (who) is Mercia - definition
Mercia (disambiguation)
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Mercian
Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering the region now known as the English Midlands. It is sometimes used as a poetic name for the Midlands.
Mercian
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Mercian
['m?:???n, 'm?:s??n]
¦ noun a native or inhabitant of Mercia, a former kingdom of central England.
¦ adjective relating to Mercia.
Æthelbald of Mercia
![The ''[[Ismere Diploma]]'', a charter of King Æthelbald's to Ealdorman Cyneberht in 736.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aethelbald charter Cyneberht 736.jpg?width=200 "The ''[[Ismere Diploma]]'', a charter of King Æthelbald's to Ealdorman Cyneberht in 736.")
![''Alfred the Third, King of Mercia, visiting William d'Albanac'', engraving after [[Benjamin West]]'s painting (1782)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alfred the Third, King of Mercia, visiting William d'Albanac (Michel, after West).jpeg?width=200 "''Alfred the Third, King of Mercia, visiting William d'Albanac'', engraving after [[Benjamin West]]'s painting (1782)")
.jpg?width=200 "A mention of Æthelbald, the Mercian king, in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle''")
![A 19th-century engraving of the crypt at [[St Wystan's Church, Repton]] where Æthelbald was interred](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Repton crypt.jpg?width=200 "A 19th-century engraving of the crypt at [[St Wystan's Church, Repton]] where Æthelbald was interred")
![Derby Museum]] has been identified as Æthelbald.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Repton Stone, Derby Museum, Derby.jpg?width=200 "Derby Museum]] has been identified as Æthelbald.")
KING OF MERCIA
Aethelbald of Mercia; King Æthelbald; King Æthelbald of Mercia; King Ethelbald of Mercia; Ethelbald, King of Mercia; Ethelbald of Mercia; Athelbald of Mercia; King AEthelbald; AEthelbald of Mercia; King AEthelbald of Mercia
Æthelbald (also spelled Ethelbald or Aethelbald;The spelling "Æthelbald" uses the Anglo-Saxon alphabet, and so can be considered the most authentic; it has occasionally been modernised in secondary sources to "Ethelbald" or "Aethelbald". died 757) was the King of Mercia, in what is now the English Midlands from 716 until he was killed in 757.
Examples of use of Mercia
1. West Mercia Police insisted the move was a necessary precaution.
2. A West Mercia police spokesman said it was too soon to say how the women died.
3. West Mercia, West Midlands, Hampshire and Surrey were the best performing forces.
4. They were Bedfordshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, West Mercia, and Wiltshire.
5. The fourth, West Mercia, currently rated the best in the country, refused to join.