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Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
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Battle of Maserfield
Battle between the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia and various Welsh kingdoms (c. 641/642)
The Battle of Maserfield, was fought on 5 August 641 or 642 between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia allied with Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Penda of Mercia
King of Mercia from c. 626 to 655
Penda 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Oswald of Northumbria
King of Northumbria from 634 to 641/42; Christian saint
Oswald was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)